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title: "Exclusive: Barry Fry suggests Eddie Howe is not keen on rebuild job at Celtic"
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type: "post"
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author: "Caleb Sage"
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published: "2021-04-13T18:05:17Z"
modified: "2021-04-13T18:05:17Z"
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# Exclusive: Barry Fry suggests Eddie Howe is not keen on rebuild job at Celtic

**Speaking exclusively to [Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/), Peterborough director of football Barry Fry believes the rebuild job needed at Celtic may be putting off Eddie Howe.**

Celtic fell miles behind rivals Rangers in the [Scottish Premiership](https://spfl.co.uk/league/premiership/table) title race this season and crashed out of the Europa League in [extremely disappointing fashion](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/sparta-prague-celtic-result-europa-league-b1762518.html).

Captain Scott Brown, who has played a big part in the Bhoys’ dominance of Scottish football, is also set to leave the club this summer to join Aberdeen in a player-coach role after spending [14 years at Celtic Park](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/25/scott-brown-to-leave-celtic-this-summer-for-aberdeen-player-coach-role).

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It points to Celtic needing a massive revamp and someone to obviously oversee it, which is where Howe comes in. According to [BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56683595), the opportunity to be Neil Lennon’s permanent successor is his if he wants it.

However, the former Bournemouth manager is yet to make a decision, leading Fry to believe that the work that needs to be done at the Glasgow club is detracting him.

On Howe leaving Celtic waiting, the Peterborough director of football told **TT**:

*“He’ll have to do a lot of work, because Celtic on and off the field are* *in* *a* *little* *bit* *of* *disarray* *at* *the* *minute. You know what I mean? There’s a lot of players unhappy. I think there’ll be a lot of comings and goings at Celtic in the summer and I’m not sure that’s Eddie Howe’s thing. I think he’ll want a Premier League job to be quite honest.”*

As well as Celtic, Crystal Palace are also said to be [interested in hiring](https://www.footballinsider247.com/celtic-news-howe-sounded-out-by-palace/) Howe this summer, with Roy Hodgson’s contract set to expire.