Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Diego Laxalt outright in the summer, according to an Italian report. The Uruguayan moved to Parkhead on loan from Milan in the summer, having been a long-term target of then manager Neil Lennon.
While initial impressions were positive the left-back has struggled at times and was hooked at half-time in the Scottish Cup loss to Rangers.
While there's no manager or sporting director in place for next season, Tuttosport reports that Celtic will not look to do a permanent deal for Laxalt.
According to the sports daily he is one of three players who Milan are expecting to return to San Siro in the summer. Mattia Caldara will not be bought outright by Atalanta, with right-back Andrea Conti to come back from his loan spell at Parma.
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