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 in incredible Celtic blast as he tells wantaway stars they can leave
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has told any Celtic players who want to leave they are welcome to head for the exit door. The Hoops boss was left stunned in the wake of his side's shock 2-1 Champions League qualifying defeat to Ferencvaros and admits his squad needs freshened up.
Lennon lamented his side's lack of a cutting edge but raised eyebrows when he stated he believes he has disgruntled stars who want to leave the Premiership champions.
The Hoops boss insisted his side should have been too good for the Hungarian champions despite main man Odsonne Edouard missing out with a "thigh niggle." Speaking to Sportsound, he said: "I think we need to freshen it up anyway, we need to freshen the squad up."What I've got, on the bench, we should have had more than.
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