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 unmasks his Ferencvaros 'superspy' as Celtic boss searches for a Champions League edge
dailyrecord.co.ukStiliyan Petrov as a key Champions League superspy.The Celtic manager has tapped into the Bulgarian’s extensive inside knowledge of opponents Ferencvaros to collect additional information ahead of Wednesday’s knockout showdown at Parkhead.Petrov has strong insight on the Hungarians’ personnel and systems and Lennon has spoken with his ex-colleague to help him supplement his own deep studies before the second-qualifying round crunch.Lennon said: “I was speaking to Stiliyan about it and he was giving me a few wee titbits on players and how they will play.“I know it is a tricky tie against Ferencvaros who were excellent against Djurdgardens.
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