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 justifies Celtic Dubai camp as manager insists his squad are being worked 'tremendously hard' on sunshine break
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has defended the decision to jet out to Dubai for a mid-season training camp, insisting his squad are working "tremendously hard".
The players and coaching staff flew out to the Middle East following the 1-0 defeat to Rangers in the second Old Firm derby of the season, a trip that had been planned since November.
However, some fans were angered by the optics of the squad taking a break after such a galling defeat while many questioned the wisdom of travelling in a global pandemic.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon added her voice at Holyrood as she admitted that Celtic 's move "raises a question" but the manager insists the training camp was necessary.
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