Celtic hero Neil Lennon SACKED by Rapid Bucharest after signing TWELVE players in just THREE months
NEIL LENNON is on the lookout for a new club after being dramatically SACKED by Rapid Bucharest after just THREE months in charge.
In all, the Celtic legend presided over just SIX league games for the Romanian side – without winning any.
The financier of the Rapid Bucharest team, Dan Sucu
GettyNeil Lennon’s time at Rapid Bucharest has come to an end[/caption]
neil-lennon-press-conference-918220510
Lennon, 53, made the shock move to Romania back in May having been out of the game for more than a year.
But his spell at Rapid has rapidly turned into a nightmare.
Of their six league games this season, Bucharest have drawn five and lost one.
The results piled pressure piled on Lennon, who has been forced to insist he has no intention of quitting.
But it was claimed overnight club chiefs have taken the decision to SACK Lennon with official confirmation expected in the coming hours.
And now confirmation has finally come through – putting an end to a short and unsuccessful chapter of his career.
A statement read: “Today, Neil Lennon and FC Rapid decided to go their separate ways.
“We thank Neil and his staff for their commitment and professionalism, and we wish them continued success.”
Lennon hasn’t been afraid to move away from the UK to pursue his management goals, taking charge previously of Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia.
The three-time former Scottish Football Writers Association manager of the year led Omonia to the Cypriot Cup in 2022.
He led Celtic to FIVE titles as a manager, as well as four Scottish Cups and one League Cup.
That’s in addition to taking Hibs to the Scottish Championship title in 2016-17.
It’s been a turbulent spell for Lennon in Romania.
The club were forced to deny bizarre reports that Lennon had urinated on the training pitch – reports also later shot down by Lennon during a podcast appearance.
Last week, Lennon slammed the ‘levels of absurdity’ surrounding his team after being questioned on an apparent fall-out with the former captain.
But he presided over quite a turnover of players at Bucharest – with Rangers target Albion Rrahamani eventually joining Sparta Prague this week in a big money deal.
Rapid added 12 players in all, including taking goalkeeper Benji Siegrist from Celtic.
Our New YouTube Channel
Subscribe to our new Scottish Sun Sport YouTube channel for all the latest football news, views and amazing moments.
We’ve got every major development covered from Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Hibs, Aberdeen and the rest of the Scottish Premiership.
Plus we have TWO brilliant new podcasts to watch every week…
MONDAY
Go Ballistic with Roger Hannah and special guest Kris Boyd will dissect all the weekend action and deliver their no-holds-barred reaction.
WEDNESDAY
Robert Grieve and Bill Leckie chew over the tastiest topics in Scottish football and offer their unique takes in their Coffee Club.
FRIDAY
Go Ballistic is back with Roger Hannah and top tipster Jim Delahunt looking ahead to the weekend games and analysing the biggest talking points.
Subscribe now and don’t miss a thing.
Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
