Lennon represented both Leicester City and Celtic as a player.
Neil Lennon has revealed he held talks with Leicester City before his return to Celtic this week.
Lennon has replaced Brendan Rodgers on a caretaker basis after his fellow Northern Irishman’s sudden move from Celtic to Leicester.
But it is claimed that Leicester initially considered an interim appointment of their own, with Lennon, a former player with both the Foxes and Bhoys, one of the contenders until Rodgers’ decision to commit.
“The whole thing flipped around,” Lennon said, as quoted by The Scotsman. “I spoke briefly to Jon Rudkin (Leicester’s director of football) and he said he was bearing me in mind if they were thinking of an interim manager.
“But it was only a five-minute chat with him and I think that already by that stage they wanted a permanent manager in.”
Lennon got off to a winning start in his second spell as Celtic manager, as his side scored late to beat Hearts, of all clubs, on Wednesday.
The 47-year-old began the season in charge of Hearts’ Edinburgh rivals, Hibernian, the team the Bhoys travel to next on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Rodgers’ Leicester career begins at one of his old clubs, Watford, on Sunday.
Can Lennon make the Celtic job his own next season?
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