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title: "Exclusive: Spurs legend scotches Eddie Howe talk"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Harry Sherlock"
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published: "2021-04-29T09:16:39Z"
modified: "2021-04-29T09:16:39Z"
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# Exclusive: Spurs legend scotches Eddie Howe talk

**Former Tottenham Hotspur star Graham Roberts has told [The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) that Eddie Howe has next to no chance of becoming the club’s next manager.**

The former Bournemouth boss is currently out of work, having left the Cherries after their relegation to the Championship in 2020.

He has been heavily linked with the [Celtic job](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56683595), and he could well be heading north of the border in the coming months.

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Still, he has been [touted](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/eddie-howe-tottenham-next-manager-23967398) as a potential appointment for Spurs as they look to replace Mourinho, who was sacked last week.

It remains to be seen if the club would consider Howe a big enough name, given that he has been out of work for some time, and has never managed a so-called big club.

Indeed, throughout his career, he has managed Bournemouth in all but one season as a manager, when he took over at Burnley for the 2011/12 season.

Roberts was asked about the prospect of Howe joining the club and told **TT**: *“No, not for me. I think he had a chance at Burnley and he never took that.*

*“I think Bournemouth was his team, he got brought up there, he could do what he liked there. Running a top six club is totally different.*

*“For me I think it’ll be too much because he’s been out of a job now for a year.*

*“It looks like Celtic are going to take him, but for me I just don’t see Eddie Howe as the big name the club want to take them forward.”*