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 new Celtic coronavirus contigency plans as he details Vasilis Barkas scramble
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon has revealed the club are looking at contingency plans in a bid to avoid a repeat of this month’s nightmare.In October he lost Odsonne Edouard, Ryan Christie, Nir Bitton and Hatem Abd Elhamed who all had to self-isolate on their return from international duty.Celtic even had to hire a private jet to get keeper Vasilis Barkas back to Glasgow in time to face Rangers due to an airport strike in Greece.
With Lennon’s side chasing their Old Firm rivals at the top of the Premiership he can’t afford a similar scenario later this month.
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