, Major stumbling block emerges in Eddie Howe to Celtic – club could be ‘priced out’ by Bournemouth

Major stumbling block emerges in Eddie Howe to Celtic – club could be ‘priced out’ by Bournemouth

Celtic’s hopes of bringing in former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe could be ‘dashed’ by the Cherries.

The Sun on Sunday (25.04.21, pg. 59) reports that Celtic’s hopes of appointing Howe could be dashed by his former club Bournemouth – the 43-year-old wants to take some of his former backroom staff from the South Coast to Celtic Park, but those coaches remain under healthy contracts.

Alan Nixon writes how the likes of Stephen Purches and Simon Weatherstone at Bournemouth are under ‘good contracts’ at the club and are set for pay rises should they achieve promotion this season.

That could potentially make Howe’s appointment at Celtic an expensive one with further wages and compensations to consider in the deal.

The Scottish giants then might have to wait until the current Championship season is concluded, and to see what Bournemouth’s fate is before they can really progress talks with Howe.

, Major stumbling block emerges in Eddie Howe to Celtic – club could be ‘priced out’ by Bournemouth

Football Insider first reported at the start of the month that Howe and Celtic had a ‘verbal agreement’ in place for him to become their next manager.

But Howe’s apparent reluctance to put pen-to-paper has fans and reporters wondering whether he is in fact keen on the job.

It’s been thought all along that he’d want to take his Bournemouth compadres with him to Scotland, and with a number of his Bournemouth players having already been linked with a preemptive move to the club too.

Time is running out for Celtic to lay the foundations for the next season, and they might just be left short-handed if Bournemouth do price them out of Howe.

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