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.
Patryk Klimala 'p****d off' at Celtic snub that saw Ryan Christie start ahead of him
dailyrecord.co.ukGet the latest Celtic news sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter Former Celtic striker Patryk Klimala insists he did everything he could to turn around his Parkhead fortunes.
But seeing Ryan Christie deployed up front instead of him was the final straw – as the "p****d off" Pole began to wonder if Neil Lennon would ever play him.
Arriving from Jagellonia Bialystok in January 2020, it was one of the worst windows to move clubs.The global pandemic that would follow just two months later shut down our game and left new signings from far-flung reaches of the world isolated in their digs.It's no wonder Klimala couldn't hit the heights, but it wasn't for want of trying.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox
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