Not quite the fairy tale portraid in the press as they lost c.£48m the season the got promoted! However, he'd been brilliant with no money before that and has been pretty decent on a modest (for prem) budget since. Seems like a nice fella too. I used to work with Steven Purches' dad (former AFCB player and coach), who told me howe was close to joining us, but thought the owners wouldnt give him enough time to turn things around. Powell got that period of grace for being a club legend, maybe eddie wouldn't have faired so well with us at the time?
Not quite the fairy tale portraid in the press as they lost c.£48m the season the got promoted! However, he'd been brilliant with no money before that and has been pretty decent on a modest (for prem) budget since. Seems like a nice fella too. I used to work with Steven Purches' dad (former AFCB player and coach), who told me howe was close to joining us, but thought the owners wouldnt give him enough time to turn things around. Powell got that period of grace for being a club legend, maybe eddie wouldn't have faired so well with us at the time?
Howe didn't come to us because the owners at the time didn't act quick enough and went quiet after an initial meet up. He was keen and was invited back for a second interview but the date didn't materialise so he sacked it off and ended up at Burnley.
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Bit bit like if Scholes looked like Beckham and vice versa which one would be the global superstar