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Tony Mowbray has been appointed Celtic manager, the club have confirmed.

The former West Brom manager will bring assistant Mark Venus and first-team coach Peter Grant, a former Celtic team-mate, with him to Parkhead and current Hoops coach Neil Lennon will also join the new management team.

Mowbray will meet the media at a press conference at Celtic Park tomorrow morning.

Mowbray's appointment finally brings to an end weeks of speculation about who would succeed Gordon Strachan, who departed after failing to win his fourth Clydesdale Bank Premier League title in succession.

West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace reluctantly agreed to allow the Glasgow giants to speak to Mowbray on Saturday after Celtic agreed to pay £2million in compensation for the former Parkhead defender.

After Mowbray agreed personal terms, and compensation had been agreed for Venus and Grant, Celtic announced on their official website that the deal had been completed although there were no details of his contract or of what role Lennon will fulfil.

Lennon, who was part of Strachan's coaching team, was promised a role at Parkhead for next season by Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell.

There has been speculation that Lennon would take over as reserve team coach from Willie McStay, but his job will become clearer at tomorrow's press conference.

Mowbray's first job will be to assess his squad ahead of the first of possibly two tricky Champions League qualifiers at the end of July.

With the Clydesdale Bank Premier League fixtures being announced tomorrow, Mowbray will discover who will be his first opponents in the league campaign.

Mowbray will need no introduction to Hoops midfielder Scott Brown, midfielder Gary Caldwell and striker Chris Killen, all of whom were under his charge when he was Hibernian boss.

However, Mowbray will have to address several areas in the side and has already been linked with numerous players including Baggies captain Paul Robinson, Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune, Iceland international Hermann Hreidarsson and Sweden Under-21 skipper Mattias Bjarsmyr.

Factfile

1963: Born November 22, Saltburn, North Yorkshire.

1981: Signs for Middlesbrough as an apprentice.

1982: Makes debut in September in 1-1 draw at Newcastle at the age of 18. Goes on to win promotion to the top flight from Division Three.

1991: After making 419 appearances, scoring 30 goals and representing England at B level, he joins Celtic in November for £1million. Makes debut for the club in 2-1 home win over Aberdeen aged 27.

1995: Transfers to Ipswich in October for £300,000 having made 93 appearances and scored six goals for Celtic.

2000: Plays final game against Barnsley in the First Division play-off final at Wembley in May 2000 after scoring eight goals in 149 appearances. Appointed full-time coach after Ipswich's promotion to the Premier League.

2003: Acts as caretaker manager for four games during the period in between the sacking of George Burley and appointment of Joe Royle.

2004: May - Appointed manager of Hibernian.

July - Knocked out of Intertoto Cup by Vetra Vilnius of Lithuania in first competitive games.

2005: April 9 - Hibs beaten 2-1 by Dundee United in Scottish Cup semi-final.

April 30 - Hibs claim stunning 3-1 win at Celtic to dent Hoops' Scottish Premier League title challenge.

August - Guides team to 3-0 win at Rangers, which is the club's first victory at Ibrox for 10 years.

May - Hibs finish third in the SPL table to claim UEFA Cup place.

September - Hibs beaten 5-1 by Dnipro in UEFA Cup first round.

2006: May - Rules himself out of managerial vacancy at Ipswich after talks with chairman David Sheepshanks.

September - Signs a new 12-month rolling contract with Hibs to take effect the following summer.

October 11 - Hibs grant West Brom permission to interview Mowbray and he is appointed manager two days later.

2007: May 28 - West Brom lose Championship play-off final 1-0 to Derby after finishing fourth.

2008: April 5 - West Brom reach FA Cup semi-finals but are beaten 1-0 by Portsmouth at Wembley.

May 4 - West Brom win the Championship.

2009: May 17 - West Brom are relegated from the Premier League following 2-0 home defeat by Liverpool. They finish the season bottom of the table.

May 25 - Mowbray is linked with a return to Celtic after Gordon Strachan resigns as manager.

May 26 - West Brom say they "fully expect" Mowbray to honour the final two years of his contract.

May 28 - West Brom insist they have received no approach from Celtic and would not welcome one. They issue near-identical statements on June 1, 3 and 6 following renewed speculation.

June 8 - West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace confirms an official approach had been made for Mowbray but is determined to hold out for £2million compensation.

June 13 - West Brom announce they have given Celtic permission to talk to Mowbray after agreeing a compensation package.

June 16 - Mowbray is confirmed as the new manager of Celtic.