It is almost exactly 11 years since Eddie Howe resigned as Burnley’s manager following a brief spell in East Lancashire.
Although his return to Bournemouth was prompted by the death of his mother there was a widespread assumption that Howe could not cope outside his south-coast comfort zone. Back then no one could have envisaged him thriving as Newcastle’s manager let alone preparing his team for a long-awaited Champions League tie against PSG here on Wednesday.
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