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 shows Celtic survivor mentality as 'fast learner' set for make or break chance
dailyrecord.co.ukPatryk Klimala is ready to ease the concerns over Leigh Griffiths’ situation now he has completed an extensive homework course at Celtic.
The Polish striker has an open door to step through within boss Neil Lennon’s set-up. Griffiths’ failure to reach the required fitness levels and subsequent omission from the Celtic squad for the trips to Loughborough and France in the past two weeks thrust Klimala into position to grasp a huge chance.
columnist and ex-Parkhead hero Chris Sutton is adamant the champions must go into the transfer market for a new hitman to support top gun Odsonne Edouard with the Pole and Vakoun Bayo unproven and the Scotland star unreliable.
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