Newcastle want to appoint head coach Eddie Howe’s nephew - Andy - into a leading recruitment position, Sportsmail has learned.
Andy Howe, who worked under his uncle at Bournemouth as the club’s head of first team domestic player scouting, is leaving the Championship high-fliers and is expected to rejoin his family member on Tyneside.
Talks over a move to Newcastle are understood to be at an advanced stage and the expectancy is that Andy Howe will be appointed imminently.
Eddie Howe's nephew Andy is in talks over a recruitment role with Newcastle
Howe announced his departure from Bournemouth on social media over the weekend, he wrote: After an amazing 10 years within Bournemouth’s recruitment department, I’ve decided it’s time for my next challenge.