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.
Ianis Hagi targeted to spearhead Rapid revolution as Rangers outcast eyed by Neil Lennon successor
dailyrecord.co.ukRapid Bucharest chiefs have confirmed that talks are ongoing to bring exiled Rangers star Ianis Hagi to the club. The 25-year-old has been frozen out of the first team picture at Ibrox, with boss Philippe Clement making it no secret that the Romania international is not a part of his plans in the coming season.
Hagi spent the whole of 2023/24 on loan at Alaves in La Liga having previously fallen out of favour under Clement's predecessor Michael Beale in Govan.Following Neil Lennon's sacking on Tuesday after just six games in charge, Liga I side Rapid have moved quickly to bring in his successor, with vastly experienced coach and former Rapidistii favourite Marius Sumudica confirmed as the next man in the dugout.
And at the 53-year-old's presentation unveiling his appointment, the club's president Viorel Moldovan and minority shareholder Dan Sucu both revealed that they are working hard to sign Hagi, who has not played his football in Romania since leaving Viitorul for Genk in 2019.Sucu admitted that Rapid "really want" the playmaker while Moldovan went into much more detail, adding: "Ianis Hagi is a player of great value that I think every club wants.
We'll see, we have some discussions, we'll see how they go, I hope he'll be interested in coming to Rapid. That's the most important thing."Popular Romanian football agent Giovanni Becali - who is a close friend of Hagi and his legendary father Gheorghe - also says he would not be surprised to see Hagi end up at Rapid, but reckons that the move is a step down for the 39-time Romania cap at this point of his career.
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