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.
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dailyrecord.co.ukCeltic have prioritised a new goalkeeper but a return for Fraser Forster remains very much in the balance, while Joe Hart and David Marshall have been considered as other options, while Greece international Vasilios Barkas has also been named.
Neil Lennon has consistently been linked with striker Shon Weissman, as well as Peterborough's Ivan Toney. The Parkhead boss will be desperate to retain the likes of Odsonne Edouard and Kristoffer Ajer, who has been linked with AC Milan.
Over at Rangers, the likes of Lyndon Dykes, Kemar Roofe and Lyle Taylor have all been touted for moves to Ibrox. Alfredo Morelos is also back in the transfer headlines amid rumours of interest from Lazio.
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