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Celtic PLC’s share price rose by 2.5 per cent a few minutes after Neil Lennon’s departure

Neil Lennon is no longer Celtic manager having stepped down this morning, and assistant manager John Kennedy has taken charge of first-team duties on an interim basis.

The Hoops have found themselves 18 points behind bitter rivals Rangers with eight games remaining, and Lennon’s departure appears to have come too little too late.

Celtic fans started calling for his exit when it became apparent that the Light Blues were going to run away with the title if left unchecked.

Rangers are now seven points away from sealing the Scottish Premiership, and while the Hoops faithful are not happy with that development, it appears that some are pleased that he has finally departed Parkhead.