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Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon is "actively looking at the minute" for his next opportunity to return to management, but has admitted his next could be his last. The Irishman's last managerial position was a short-lived stint at Romanian Liga I club, Rapid Bucharest, during which the 53-year-old was dismissed just three months into a two-year contract. Speaking to OLBG , Lennon said that while he's been enjoying his media duties since leaving Romania, he is still keenly looking to return to the dugout at some point in the not too distant future.
He said: "I'd like to get back in so I'm just waiting on the next opportunity. It may be my last though, I've done it for about 15 years now. I'd like to maybe do a coaching role for another three four years and then you'll take stock of things.
"I'm actively looking at the minute. There have been opportunities already since I came back from Bucharest, but nothing that's really caught my eye. "Having said that, I'm really enjoying the media work and I'm really grateful for that, but the coaching is in you.
I've been doing that for a long time and I'm only 53 so I'm still quite young. "I would like another three or four years if I could at a decent level. But it's such a competitive market.
There's so many good coaches out there and so many agents out there vying for positions. If an opportunity comes along that I like, then I would like to go back in again." Read more: Lennon's last job on home soil was, of course, at Celtic, when he led the Parkhead side to a handful of trophies, before losing out in 2020/21 to Rangers.
The Irishman added: "Ideally I’d like to stay in the UK, I’ve got family here and I've got my family in Ireland. We suffered a loss this year, a big loss in the family. So I wouldn't want to go too far, but you just never know where football will take you.
"I've really enjoyed my time abroad and it does make you a better coach when you're coming up against different styles of football as well as different mentalities and different cultures. "I had a great time in Scotland with Celtic and Hibs so ideally I would like to stay in the UK, but you know if that's not the case then I'd be happy to go abroad again.".
