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 boss Neil Lennon, 19 points behind in the title race and with a lot of work to do, revealed yesterday that Christopher Jullien's injury means he will be looking to strengthen strengthen his defence.
Amercian Mark McKenzie fits the bill, however Belgian side Gent appear to be leading the race to take the defender from the MLS.A winger is also high on Lennon's agenda and QPR star Bright Osayi-Samuel is also believed to be high on their wishlist although a number of clubs are chasing the winger.Fraser Forster is a name that continually comes up but the manager has also been decisive in backing under-fire £5m signing Vasilis Barkas.
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