Newcastle and Eddie Howe want to keep working together — but this could be a defining moment

In the spring of 2019, Eddie Howe found it difficult to drive to work.It wasn’t injury, it wasn’t mechanical trouble and it certainly wasn’t traffic because his home was only a couple of miles away from Bournemouth’s training ground. Yet, as he stood in front of his car each morning, keys in hand, there was a flicker of hesitation. He no longer felt a pull toward the club he had rebuilt from top to bottom and lifted through the divisions. In its place was a nudge in the opposite direction.Advertisement