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's hands were tied over Celtic transfers claims former star as he lines up new players for club
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon wasn’t in charge of transfers. The former Hoops ace is now an agent and he pitched several of his players to former Parkhead scouting chief Nick Hammond only to be rejected.
Naylor doesn’t think the departed gaffer had a say and the player rep admitted he’s got more stars lined up but doesn’t know who is running the show at Celtic as they wait to fill the roles of manager, director of football and head of recruitment.
The former full back told the Celtic Huddle podcast : “I put a few in at the start of the season but there was no takers. “There was a centre midfielder and striker.
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