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 are in need of some inspiration in the market in the worst way but will they be busy now after the latest setback against Livingston?
Neil Lennon is targeting a centre-back but with a return for Filip Benkovic out of reach - he joined Belgian side Leuven on-loan - he'll have to look elsewhere.
Rangers are searching for a way to get Scott Wright in from Aberdeen this month. The forward is poised to sign a pre-contract at Ibrox but the two clubs are in dialogue of bringing the move forward from the summer Ross McCrorie, on-loan at the Dons but due to join permanently in the summer, could be used in the negotiations.
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