CELTIC HAVE ANNOUNCED that interim manager Neil Lennon has been offered a permanent contract after completing the treble-treble on Saturday.
Victory over Hearts in the Scottish Cup final with a brace from Odsonne Edouard saw Celtic complete a domestic sweep for the third consecutive season for the first time in their history.
Lennon replaced Brendan Rodgers – who departed for Leicester City – in February when the club had already won the Scottish League Cup, but he guided them to Scottish Premiership success before this weekend’s triumph.
And with the 47-year-old only under contract until the end of the season, Celtic confirmed that they had offered Lennon the job on a full-time basis.
However, in a short statement on Twitter, the club did not reveal whether Lennon would take the opportunity.
“We are delighted to announce that Neil Lennon has been offered the job as permanent Celtic manager and the details will be confirmed in the coming days,” they said.
This is Lennon’s second stint as Celtic boss, with his first spell – from 2010 to 2014 – taking in the first three titles of their ongoing run of eight successive triumphs.
Rafael Benitez, David Moyes, Andre Villas-Boas and even Jose Mourinho have been linked to the post at Celtic Park.
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This is a terrible appointment. I love Lennon but this is an absolutely terrible appointment. The standard of football dropped massively from Rodgers to Lennon. Like watching a completely different team. The standard dropped so much.
@Simon Doherty: geniunely believe the only realistic alternative would have been moyes. Don’t think rafa or all the others were realistic.
@Simon Doherty: love the man and Celtic
@Bill Clay: I thought Chris Hughton or even a Paul Lambert would get the job.
@Simon Doherty: the rot had set in long before the rat jumped ship.Lennon has a huge task infront of him.
Hugely impressive win
@Alan Kelly: Agreed re result but terribly bad decision to keep NL as manager permanently.
Like him a lot but his time has come and certainly gone from what I’ve seen.
SG at rangers is a shrewd operator and will be chomping at the bit with this appointment.
Can you imagine the managerial CV’s posted into the CEO at Celtic, while he was trying to decide who to pick?
Dave O’Leary, John Barnes, Steve Staunton or Neil Lennon?
Spoiled for choice!
@Stanley Baggins: Chris Hughton would have been an excellent appointment.
@Ferg: Chris Hughton is a brilliant manager but he’s long ball old school. That type of football might be accepted at a club trying to avoid relegation in the PL, on a limited budget, but it would not be tolerated at a club that are expected to win every game 5 – 0 in the SPL. Why would Celtic pay 4 times the salary to attract Hughton when they can get more or less the same thing with Lennon for 4 times less salary?
Seriously who cares about this league its like cats taking on prods ,its numbing
@rowan hill: cats and prods are mortal enemies, don’t you know?
I reckon He wont take up they’re offer .
Crap leauge with no competition, it be like aul hugh Hefner not pulling at the playboy mansion with that club being a dead cert to win since rangers under.
Similar enough to la Liga, serie a, ligue 1 etc etc etc. All have no competition. Same winners all the time like most leagues in Europe including the bundesliga
@Anthony: that’s a sign that you don’t watch La Liga . There may be the same winners on a regular basis but the other teams as far down as eighth or ninth usually make it to the knock out stages of European football . Scottish football is way off that .
I’m not sure that this is the right appointment. But in fairness to Lennon, it is not his team. Celtic fell over the line this season, probably due to last Summers inactivity in the transfer market.
Lennon should be supported by everyone associated with the club now. The decision has been made now let’s get behind him. 10 in a row here we go.