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.
Mattia De Sciglio in Celtic 'approach' as Juventus defender assesses Scottish switch
dailyrecord.co.ukJuventus. After Boli Bolingoli was loaned to Istanbul Basaksehir the Premiership champions are lacking depth on the left of their defence.
Greg Taylor is the only natural in that position and manager Neil Lennon is desperate to provide him some competition. Celtic have been linked with Charlton's Alfie Doughty and Ryan Sessegnon of Tottenham but a report in Italy claims they've made an approach for an altogether more established player.
According to Sky Italia's transfer guru Gianluca Di Marzio they've approached Juve to discuss a deal for De Sciglio. The 27-year-old can play on either side of the defence and has been capped 39 times by Italy.De Sciglio has spent the past four seasons in Turin but injury problems have limited his impact and.
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