NEIL LENNON has claimed he was treated unfairly by sections of the Celtic support and media ahead of his Parkhead exit.

Lennon resigned from his position at Celtic in February last year as Rangers ended their ten-in-a-row hopes as they romped to the Scottish Premiership title.

Sections of the Celtic support protested outside Parkhead as the relationship soured with results on the park dwindling.

Lennon also clashed with the media during a difficult spell in the Celtic Park hotseat.

Now, speaking to PLZ Soccer from Cyprus - where he manages Omonoia - he claimed to be treated unfairly by some groups of fans and sections of the media.

He said: "It was tough. More mentally than anything else.

"I just felt that I was treated a little bit unfairly by some sections of the support and some sections of the media.

"But that is the nature of the job at a big club. You are under the guise of huge expectation.

"We were going for something very special but a lot of things are out of your control as a football manager.

"We were going through a pandemic and it just didn't happen.

"The previous season we were rampant. The lockdown came and things just began to unravel."