Neil Lennon has had to put his life on hold while he tries to win the treble

The interim boss sealed the second leg of the hat-trick by clinching Celtic’s eighth successive league title and the 50th in Parkhead history. Lennon came in for a second spell in February after Brendan Rodgers’ shock move to Leicester City and was challenged to finish off the job. He expects talks over his long-term future to be imminent having sacrificed normality to lead the Hoops for a second time. “This has been a really tough couple of months for me,” said Lennon. “My life is on hold, I’ve no future plans in place, no holidays booked.

“It was important I accepted that for what it was. I just want to enjoy this moment and see my family because I haven’t spent much time with them. “I’ll take stock of things over the next couple of days but there are plans in place going forward. “There are going to be changes staff-wise behind the scenes that we need to make. “But right now I just want to live in the moment. I know I don’t look happy but I’m ecstatic.”

Neil Lennon took over from Brendan Rodgers in March

The Northern Irishman praised his players for delivering under very trying circumstances, and also paid tribute to Rodgers and played down his own role in the success. He said: “No, no. I played a small part. If I was a player and played in 10 games, I’d say I made a contribution. This is just the same. I was basically doing my job.” Lennon also thanked chief executive Peter Lawwell and majority shareholder Dermot Desmond, saying: “I’m grateful to Peter and Dermot for their words privately. We’ve done what we were expected to do. I can’t believe anyone doubted me! “I had a good chat to Dermot on Saturday morning. He’s still very much involved and I’m sure he’ll be delighted.

“I inherited a totally new team and a style of play I had to get used to – not change, because it’s been successful. “Sometimes the performances haven’t been up to expectation levels, but in the main they’ve been pretty good. That’s eight wins and three draws. “Our boys have been used to playing under pressure every week for years now. “You can see the mentality of the team shining through.”

Celtic are gunning for the triple treble this season