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.ukVasilios Barkas could be a new arrival at Celtic as the Parkhead club appear to have made him their top target to start between the Parkhead sticks but Record Sport understands talks are at a stalemate.
Also on Neil Lennon's wishlist could be another striker and he's been linked with West Ham's Albian Ajeti, who is available on loan.
But Ivan Toney has decided against waiting around for a move to Glasgow. Meanwhile Rangers were already in the market for a new number nine but now they await the fate of their current one Jermain Defoe, who is out injured after the friendly against Motherwell.
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