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.
Jason Leitch responds to Neil Lennon's Celtic rant as the national clinical director urges 'let's not mess around here'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon this week. Lennon's now infamous press conference put the Scottish Government in the firing line after the ill-fated trip to Dubai which saw two players test positive for Covid.
However, the national clinical director would not be drawn into the war of words with the Parkhead gaffer pointing out that his focus was on the well-being of the players.Leitch also noted that his advice was the same across the board to any work environment and not catered to football.
He told BBC's Off The Ball : “I think the most important thing, and this may seem a little twee perhaps, is that two people have Covid and I hope they make a full and solid recovery. “This disease has killed people that age, let's not mess around here.
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