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 reveals Celtic heart-to-heart with Shane Duffy as they look to solve Hoops form issue
dailyrecord.co.ukShane Duffy to help the stopper pull through his turbulent start at Celtic.The Parkhead gaffer is adamant his loan signing will prosper and emerge stronger from a difficult spell which has seen him make mistakes and face stinging criticism for performances since joining from Brighton.Lennon is backing the 28-year-old to the hilt and, ahead of Thursday’s Europa League crunch in Lille, has spoken with his centre-back to reinforce his belief in the defender and offer wholesome backing.The boss, who has been boosted by the return of Odsonne Edouard and Nir Bitton, said: “He is a big strong boy.
I had a chat with him the other night. He is feeling it obviously, but he knows he’ll come through it.“We just need to show him a bit of patience.
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