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.
Neil Lennon hails Celtic's unsung transfer heroes as he raves about 'tremendous' transformation fans don't see
dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic squad was boosted for the rest of the campaign.Vasilis Barkas, David Turnbull, Albian Ajeti were signed on deals worth around £13million, while loan moves were tied-up for Mohammed Elyounoussi, Shane Duffy and Serie A star Diego Laxalt.And the manager paid tribute to recruitment chief Nick Hammond and the unsung heroes who make the moves happen.Lennon said: “Nick has done a great job.
The recruitment team worked so hard over the lockdown period and summer.“He has had to totally restructure that department and the amount of work that’s gone into it has been tremendous.“Nick has kept his eye on a lot of deals and to get some of them done has been fantastic.“You look at Duffy, Laxalt, Barkas.
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