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 stakes Celtic starter claim as striker ready to fill Odsonne Edouard void in Rangers clash
dailyrecord.co.ukPatryk Klimala played 83 minutes and bagged an assist for Poland's Under-21s as he could be drafted in to face Rangers. Manager Neil Lennon has an attacking headache on his hands ahead of the first derby of the season, with coronavirus and injuries biting hard.
Star man Odsonne Edouard won't return to Scotland until Friday after testing positive for the virus while on international duty with the French Under-21 side.
Albian Ajeti is struggling with injury while Leigh Griffiths has played just 14 minutes of Premiership football so far this season.That could mean that Klimala is given the nod against Rangers on Saturday and the youngster did his chances no harm while playing for his country.The 22-year-old started for Poland's youth side.
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