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 transfer infrastructure as boss admits Nick Hammond's 'mountain of work'
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon insists the days of trying to fit square pegs into round holes with a hope and a prayer are long gone. For every Scott Sinclair there was an Eboue Kouassi during the Rodgers reign, when Lee Congerton was charged with identifying talent.An overhaul at the champions now has Nick Hammond carrying the can alongside Gary Penrice for the success rate of new faces.
And Lennon believes recent evidence provided by Albian Ajeti, Vasilis Barkas, Shane Duffy and David Turnbull is more than encouraging.
He said: “We’ve been trying to get the right fit at the right price and I think they have done a remarkable job.“Nick has had more time to install the infrastructure behind the scenes.
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