Eddie Howe has admitted for the first time that he backed out of the Celtic job because he wasn’t able to bring his backroom staff to Glasgow.
But the newly-appointed Newcastle United manager claimed that he did not perform a last-minute U-turn — and says he was always honest in his dealings with the Parkhead club.
Asked about his apparent late change of heart in rejecting the Hoops after they seemed on the brink of appointing him after weeks of patient pursuit, the former Bournemouth head coach declared: ‘The problem is that I didn’t change my mind at the last minute.