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.
Scott Brown says Celtic boss Neil Lennon’s 'get out' claim is wrong
dailyrecord.co.ukScott Brown believes Neil Lennon is wrong to think some of his team-mates want out of Celtic. Manager Lennon ripped into his star’s following the club’s successive European embarrassment.
One year on from the Cluj catastrophe, Celtic were again knocked out of the Champions League to a non-seeded side – this time Ferencvaros.
In the immediate aftermath of the defeat, Lennon dropped a bombshell by claiming some of his stars have been working for six months on leaving Parkhead.
But that was news to Celtic skipper Brown who said: "For me the lads want to be here. "I don't know what people have said to him individually to be perfectly honest."At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if they want to be here or not, once they go on that park.
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