Lennon refuses to be drawn

Neil Lennon is content for his skipper Scott Brown to do the talking in the continuing war of words with Rangers’ latest signing El Hadji Diouf.

“I look forward to seeing what he has to say tomorrow – he seems to have a daily column in the paper now” – Neil Lennon

Firstly Diouf accused Brown of trying to get him sent-off during their weekend Scottish Cup fifth round tie at Ibrox.

And then he instead turned his attentions to Lennon and claimed the Celtic manager had tried to wind him up during a half-time tunnel bust-up.

“I look forward to seeing what he has to say tomorrow – he seems to have a daily column in the paper now,” Lennon told the Daily Record. “He seemed to have a lot to say for himself after the game but I’ll leave the taunts out of it.

“I’ll leave Scott to sort that out because he seems to be coping with it very well. He can say what he likes about me – I’m not going to get into a war of words with him.

“I never made any specific plans for him either,” he added. “I had enough to concentrate on with my own team.”

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