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Shiels: Neil Lennon is no great friend of mine, but it's nothing personal

Kenny Shiels believes Neil Lennon still has his toughest job in football ahead of him, and that the real test of Lennon's mettle as a manager will come when he has to move on from Celtic.

The Kilmarnock manager is rarely short of a blunt opinion, and he spoke with a mixture of caution and admiration about the man he will face across the Celtic Park dugouts this evening.

Shiels and Lennon are cool towards each other. They come from opposite sides of the old divide in Northern Ireland and, while neither dwells on that, Shiels' attitude on some matters has clearly rankled Lennon.

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