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.
Nir Bitton Celtic injury drama as Israel boss defies Neil Lennon decision
dailyrecord.co.ukNeil Lennon declaring him out of the upcoming international fixtures. The Celtic boss revealed the midfielder-turned-defender had twisted his ankle during the Europa League play off win agains Sarajevo.He said: "Nir’s badly twisted his ankle.
There’s swelling, so we need to wait and see. But he’s out for Sunday and certainly out for the qualifiers as well. Hopefully, it won’t be too long, just three or four weeks."But the Israelis have included him in their squad for their Euro 2020 play-off in Scotland and their Nations League games against Czech Republic and Slovakia, they intend to use him.
And with a derby against Rangers coming up fast later this month, Celtic will be deeply concerned at the possibility of Bitton being rushed back to.
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