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.
Leigh Griffiths' Celtic return hailed by Neil Lennon as Hoops boss provides update on Vakoun Issouf Bayo
dailyrecord.co.ukLeigh Griffiths' return to action as he heaped praise on the striker following his impressive performance against Hibs. The striker played 30 minutes of the 3-1 win and got an assist after Patryk Klimala tapped home following some great work from Griffiths.The 29-year-old had looked set to score, had the Pole not stolen his goal, but Lennon is just delighted with his showing.Lennon said: "Leigh was great.
He looks great and it's the best I've seen him in a long time, in terms of how he looks in his conditioning. "I am delighted with his response in terms of what we've asked of him.
He just has to maintain it now as he will be a real asset for us - no question."We will see how he is in the next few days and how he is feeling.
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