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 faces a stark Celtic choice and I'm absolutely staggered it's come to this - Chris Sutton
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon was absolutely spot on to dig out Leigh Griffiths so strongly the other night.Lennon already made his feelings known by leaving him out of his squad for Loughborough and France.But he delivered the message loud and clear in Lyon and it just shows how badly let down he feels by the striker.I can’t remember ever hearing about a player left behind in pre-season because they are out of shape.
I haven’t seen too many savaged in the media quite like this either.But Lennon didn’t miss and it simply has to be a massive wake-up call for Griffiths.He’s fighting for his career right now – and not just his Celtic career.That’s not me being negative.
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