Lennon: Jones signing doesn’t please me
Celtic manager Neil Lennon isn’t happy that Rangers have managed to agree a pre-contract deal with Jordan Jones – because he thinks he is such a good player.
The Northern Irish international, who helped his country to Euro 2020 qualifier wins over Estonia and Belarus during the international break, will join Steven Gerrard’s side this summer
when his Kilmarnock contract expires.
Having faced Jones over each of the last two seasons while manager of Hibs, Lennon is aware of the threat posed by the 24-year-old winger.
Though that threat will be absent from Sunday’s Old Firm encounter at Celtic Park, Lennon still believes it is a coup for Rangers in the long run to have persuaded Jones to commit his future to the Ibrox club.
Lennon told Sky Sports: “He’s been very, very good in Scotland over the last couple of years hence why he’ s signed a pre-contract with Rangers, which doesn’t please me, obviously, because he’s such a good player.”