Soccer Football - Europa League - Group E - Manchester United v Omonia - Old Trafford, Manchester, Britain - October 13, 2022 Omonia coach Neil Lennon before the match REUTERS/Phil Noble
A week after leading Omonoia Nicosia out at Old Trafford in the Europa League Neil Lennon is quitting the Cypriot side.
The former Celtic boss moved to Cyprus in March following a year out of football and has been singing the praises of the experience. Adam Matthews and Gary Hooper are among the players that he has taken to Cyprus.
Reaching the Europa League at the expense of Belgian side KAA Gent was a major achievement, bringing in more than £4m to the club but tonight Omonoia announced the exit of their manager:
We inform you that we have agreed with Mr. Neil Lennon to stop our collaboration.
Mr. Lennon took over the technical leadership of our team last March, at a difficult time and managed to lead us to winning the cup and then to the historic qualification against KAA GENT and our entry into the UEFA Europa League groups, where we came close to historic results against REAL SOCIEDAD and MANCHESTER UNITED.
Unfortunately, the ongoing competitive instability and the significant losses of points in the championship, are the main reasons that made us decide to end our partnership.
Mr. Lennon has written his name in the history of OMONIA and deserves the respect and recognition of all of us. Our paths separate, but the memories of our collaboration will unite us forever.
We sincerely thank Mr. Lennon for his contribution and wish him every success in his future career.
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— OMONOIA FC (@OMONOIAfootball) October 18, 2022
After six matches in the Cypriot League Omonoia are in seventh place with nine points.
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