Neil Lennon reveals how Olympiacos near miss spurred him on and Scottish job offers that just weren't 'for' him

Neil Lennon has knocked back job offers from Scotland as the former Celtic boss waits for the right opportunity.

The former Hibs boss hasn't been in work since being sacked by Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia last October - a decision he still doesn't understand. Lennon led them to Cypriot Cup success and the group stages of the Europa League, where he was seconds away from a famous win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

But the club still pulled the trigger and Lennon has been biding his time since. He admits there have been approaches for him to return to Scotland, but Lennon didn't feel any of them were right for him. He told the Herald: “I’ve had a few offers in Scotland and it’s just not been for me. Obviously, my base is in Glasgow. My family are here. I’ve no problem with working in Scotland again, It’s moulded me for 20-odd years as a player and a coach.

"I know the environment inside out. When you’ve done it for so long here and you’ve reached the top of the mountain, you start looking at other mountains to go and climb."

Mount Olympus would have been a cracker. Lennon made the final shortlist for the Olympiacos job - which could have seen him play Rangers in an Ibrox pre-season friendly this summer - but lost out to Diego Martinez. But rather than see that as a negative, Lennon choose to focus on the fact he was seriously considered by a club of that size.

“I was very close to getting in at Olympiakos but they brought in a Spanish director of football and they decided to go with a Spanish coach," he said. "That would have been a great one but I was certainly in their thinking, in the top two or three, so that does feel good that a club of that magnitude would be interested in me. It didn’t happen but it