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Mark McDougall

The moment Celtic held impromptu board meeting and decided to offer Neil Lennon the job

This is the moment the Celtic board held an impromptu meeting and decided to offer Neil Lennon the manager's job.

Peter Lawwell revealed on Monday that along with Dermot Desmond, Ian Bankier and Tom Allison, he decided to make the announcement about Lennon's appointment immediately after the final.

And this picture shows the high-powered talks taking place as the rest of the club celebrated their historic treble Treble.

Lennon and the players were whooping it up on the pitch in front of the fans while the board were huddled together to make a final decision on the manager's future.

Celtic chief executive Lawwell also revealed that they ignored any other applications from managers and insisted Lennon was the only man they wanted.

(Getty Images)

Speaking about the decision, Lawwell said: “It’s a fantastic job and I’m sure there would be people looking from afar who had an idea of coming here.

“We had approaches from many, many agents, many representatives of managers across the board.

“We put them in the file, just left it and kept our word to Neil, really.

“We had a mini board meeting right after the game. Dermot’s here. Dermot, myself, the chairman (Ian Bankier) and Tom Allison decided what to do.

“We knew that Lenny was getting the job. We decided that we should kill the speculation on a high, get it out and let our supporters know and the media know.”

Video: Celtic manager Neil Lennon after winning the Scottish Cup Final 2019 to complete the Treble Treble
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