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.
Former Celtic star claims 'powers that be' blocked Parkhead return despite Neil Lennon request
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon wanting to hire him.The former Celtic striker insists his old team-mate had lined up a role on his backroom staff to aid with recruitment last season.But there was no place found for the 50-year-old and Nick Hammond was later hired as head of football operations.Johnson, who signed for Celtic in 1997 and left in 2001, believes Lennon would have reaped the benefits of a familiar face on his dugout team.Now head of recruitment at Blackpool, Johnson told the Celtic Huddle podcast: "Obviously there has been rumours in the past, I was.
I did actually go up and meet Peter Lawwell twice, Lenny wanted to bring me in last year but the powers that be made the decision not to, shall I say."Yeah, everybody knows that once you have played.
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