The Parkhead boss has come under immense pressure after falling 18 points behind Premiership champions-elect Rangers, with the much-coveted 10 in a row slipping away. And assistant manager John Kennedy will now be placed in interim charge until the end of the season after Sunday’s latest defeat to Ross County. Lennon responded by becoming the first man in Scottish football history to win a domestic treble as both player and manager by clinching the Scottish Cup in December. The Celtic board hoped to limp on to the end of the season with the 49-year-old in charge. Lawwell will retire to be replaced by the SRU’s Dominic McKay as chief executive at the end of the season.

Source: The Nation February 24, 2021 00:00 UTC