NEIL LENNON sealed a return to first-team management with Omonia Nicosia  earlier this week - but the former Celtic boss has been warned not to unpack his suitcase as he prepares to enter the volatile world of Cypriot football.

Steven Pressley enjoyed a stint in the Mediterranean nation in 2018 when he was appointed as manager of Pafos and lasted just four games into his second season before he was given the boot.

The ex-Celtic defender has turned down two approaches to return to management in Cyprus due to the job insecurity - and he has warned Lennon not to get too comfortable in his new role.

“For Neil, it’s an exciting challenge," the former Scotland internationalist told the Daily Record. "He’ll enjoy going to work in a foreign country and an environment where the weather is particularly good.

“But he will have to accept there is not a lot of stability in the job.

“I managed out there for 10 months and that’s actually a decent stint. I staved off relegation with many points to spare, which was my challenge.

“Then I got four league games of the following season before I was gone. In the season I left, eight managers lost their jobs after 12 fixtures.

“I was contacted last season, prior to joining Brentford, by a Cypriot club asking me to go over and save them from relegation.

“I would’ve been their fifth manager that season - after 26 games!

“The problem was that you’d think, with 10 games to go, I’d be guaranteed the rest of the season.

“But in Cyprus, the reality is that’s not the case. Me and my staff had a continuous joke: Don’t unpack your suitcase.”