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title: "Celtic: Major Eddie Howe update emerges"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-04-28T18:05:17Z"
modified: "2021-04-28T18:05:17Z"
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# Celtic: Major Eddie Howe update emerges

**It seems as if Eddie Howe’s proposed move to Celtic could be back on.**

Reports had suggested that the 43-year-old was having [second thoughts](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-celtic-fear-howe-may-be-having-second-thoughts-after-wonderful-offer/) after [verbally agreeing](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-howe-reaches-verbal-agreement-with-celtic-after-london-talks/) to become the new Hoops boss earlier this month.

However, the [Scottish Daily Mail’s back page on Wednesday](https://twitter.com/ScotMailSport/status/1387260552326651905) provided a positive development on the Englishman.

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They claim that the available manager is ‘close to finalising an agreement to replace Neil Lennon’.

The report from [Stephen McGowan](https://twitter.com/ScotMailSport/status/1387260552326651905) added that Howe is now ‘piecing together’ his backroom team, although a move for Bournemouth technical director Richard Hughes ‘hangs in the balance’.

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### Transfer Tavern take

To us, this latest development should be seen as a major boost. The fact that Howe is ‘piecing together’ his backroom staff could be taken that a deal is progressing nicely.

[Howe’s representative](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/12268766/eddie-howe-not-close-to-joining-any-club-and-will-delay-return-until-the-summer) insisted that he wouldn’t return to management until the summer, but,  that doesn’t rule out agreeing on a move to Parkhead ahead of the 2021/22 season and starting plans for a rebuild at Parkhead, even if the official gig does not begin until later.

Should all parties involved agree on a summer switch, that may give Howe the time required to look at the Hoops squad ahead of what could be a busy transfer window, with plenty of work required to transform a squad set to lose its leader, Scott Brown, into one capable of challenging Rangers next season.

***In other news: Celtic interested in free-scoring 27 y/o forward, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-hoops-interested-in-jean-pierre-nsame/).***