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.
The Moussa Dembele Celtic windfall precedents as sell-on fee strategy set to secure Neil Lennon a cash boost
dailyrecord.co.ukPeter Lawwell 's 'buy them low and sell them high' transfer strategy has been among the most successful in Europe. With over £100m banked in the last five years the Hoops have pursued a plan to sign payers with the future in mind and develop them into stars in the Glasgow hothouse.Virgil van Dijk is the obvious success story given he's generally recognised as the best defender in the world and is set to sign a new deal that will make him the highest paid player in the history of Liverpool.
And while his £12m transfer to Southampton made the club a huge profit, Celtic also raked in another massive sum later from a transfer sell-on clause.
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