Neil Lennon slams former Celtic teammates who 'stabbed me in the front not the back'

Former Celtic boss Neil Lennon has revealed there are some ex-Parkhead team-mates he no longer talks to since his acrimonious departure from Glasgow's east end.

And he believes he was stabbed "in the front, not the back" by his old pals upon his exit.

The Irishman was sacked as Hoops boss in February last year as his side's 10 In A Row tilt fell short and they lost their grip on the Scottish Premiership title.

Lennon insists his relationships with the likes of former chief executive Peter Lawwell and the club's largest shareholder Dermot Desmond have remained intact.

But that's NOT the case when it comes to some of the players he used to share the hallowed Parkhead turf after the bitter end to his time at Celtic.

Speaking to PLZ, Lennon said: "It was painful, yeah. People turn on you very quickly.

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"That's the fickle nature of football sometimes, but I didn't see it coming in the volume it did come."

Asked if his relationships with Desmond and Lawwell have changed, he said: "Not at all. It has with some other people, ex-teammates...

"But certainly not with those two. I was very close to them and I still am.

"Yes (they were team-mates critical of me). I'm far from happy. They basically