Neil Lennon contract details revealed
Contract details about the Celtic boss have taken a backseat to the revelations about the shameful circumstances that Lennon has been working under.
The contract information emerged last night during a surprise feature on Radio Scotland that involved top QC Paul McBride and Lennon’s agent Martin Reilly.
After leading the verbal attacks aimed at the Celtic manager the state broadcaster performed a 180 degree turn as they presented some of the facts around Lennon with McBride and Reilly giving an insight into the real world.
It was difficult to realise that less than a week ago the chattering pundits of the state broadcaster were happy to let former Rangers captain Richard Gough promote the claim: “Alan Shearer doesn’t go around kicking anyone on the head but he kicked Neil Lennon in the head,” without being brought to task.
Some overdue balance was finally brought to the airwaves last night with Reilly confident that Lennon will be at Celtic for the long term.
“He was a winner as a player and he’s a winner as a manager,” he said. “As far as quitting as a manager goes, it’s not in his nature.
“We will have these discussions at the end of the season, but all Neil wants to do at the moment is concentrate on his job.
“He’s got a contract to fight for, a six-month rolling contract, so he’s got things like that to sort out in his life but he’s got to put up with all this stuff off the park as well.
“He certainly hasn’t spoken about quitting or walking out on the club, but I dare say it must have gone through his mind because it’s certainly gone through mine.”
Internet threats to Lennon were highlighted at Tuesday’s Scottish Government summit with McBride issuing a clear warning that online threats will no longer be overlooked.
The QC revealed: “One had his address on it and pictures of his partner and his young child. That is disgraceful.
“Some of them say kill him, some of them say stab him, some of them say shoot him. He’s had bullets sent to him, he’s had a nail bomb sent to him.
“He has a panic button in the house and he is the subject of 24-hour surveillance with a Celtic security guard accompanying him during the day.
“He’s under the kind of supervision the American president has.”
“If the police are quickly able to catch paedophiles on the internet and extremists threatening to blow up things why can’t these people be identified?”
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