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.
Just 12 months ago Ismaila Soro looked to be one of the pillars of Celtic's future. Yet the Ivorian is now an afterthought under the Ange Postecoglou era as he struggles to even be named in a match day squad.
In January 2020, the midfielder arrived in the Scottish Premiership from Bnei Yehuda in a deal worth around £2million.After getting used to life in Glasgow's east end, calls for Soro to become an automatic starter began to grow.
With the struggles during Neil Lennon’s final months in charge and 36-year-old Scott Brown struggling for form, Soro was handed a run ahead of the skipper.
While Lennon and John Kennedy would swap between the two for the remainder of the campaign in the deep-lying midfield role, many viewed the Ivorian as the natural successor to the iconic Parkhead captain.At the time Soro conceded it would be a mammoth task to fill the gap left by Aberdeen-bound Brown.He stated: “It’s a very tough job to step into Scott’s shoes.“The captain is a really great player, who I respect a lot.
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