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 Ryan Christie Celtic transfer acceptance but Hoops boss holds out new deal hope
dailyrecord.co.ukRyan Christie wants a different challenge but insists he isn’t itching for a move away from Celtic. And the Hoops boss is adamant Christie still has plenty to prove at Parkhead as talks continue over an extension to his current deal.
Christie’s contract is up at the end of next season and the 25-year-old said before the international break that he was relaxed about his Celtic situation.
He then boosted his reputation further with the goal against Serbia in the Euro 2020 play-off final that helped take Scotland to their first major finals in 23 years.
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