Howe gives second clue to his future

Eddie Howe with left Jason Tindal

Eddie Howe has been spending much time today talking about his future to the media at his press conference.

The inevitable talk has been about him and West Ham and although he has been a tad ambiguous in his responses a much larger feature article in The Guardian may give a better guide to his thinking.

It demonstrates that this is a very bright guy – who at lifestyle level – has other interests than football amongst which are learning piano and concentrating on classical music.

The piece also retells the story of his journey from the depths of League Two and possible extinction into the Conference to the now dizzy Premier League heights.

It’s a fascinating read at https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/29/eddie-howe-bournemouth-manager-interview-piano and also gives an indication of his attitude toward The Cherries as he briefly discusses his future in the game as the League’s longest serving boss.

With his future regularly being linked to West ham and to a lesser extent Everton there’s an interesting comment on that topic which is so keenly under discussion.

In one comment on it he declares: “I’m very proud to manage the club but I know on the flip side when I talk about Mauricio (Pochettino) , how fragile the job can be and that longevity can then be used as a weakness against you.

‘I’ve been here too long, need a change,’ all of those things, so you’re sort of battling those two things all of the time.

I think there’s a lot to be said for, probably from my side, if you’re happy in the environment you are in and you are trusted by very good people above you and the conditions are right for you to do your best work, then that is worth so much.

I think that would probably be a bigger thing for me than anything else.”