Howe: I'm leaving Burnley for personal reasons
4:55pm Friday 12th October 2012 in Sport
DEPARTING Burnley manager Eddie Howe said Bournemouth was the only club he would have considered leaving Turf Moor for, adding that ‘family and personal reasons’ were the driving force behind his decision.
The 34-year-old has returned to his former club for a second spell in the hotseat after 21 months in charge of the Clarets.
While he admits it is with regret that he leaves his job unfinished, he felt compelled to move back to the south coast.
Howe is set to be unveiled as Paul Groves’ successor ahead of Bournemouth’s home game with Leyton Orient tomorrow.
“It’s been a really tough week. I can’t speak highly enough of Burnley Football Club, the people who work for the club, the players and the supporters, who have all been brilliant to us since we walked through the door, and I would like to thank them for that,” said Howe, who will be joined back at Bournemouth by assistant boss Jason Tindall.
“To leave is incredibly difficult, but I feel it’s a decision I have to make for my family and for personal reasons, which I can’t go into detail on.
“There is only one club I would contemplate leaving Burnley for and that is Bournemouth and that is the situation we found ourselves in.”
The sudden death of Howe’s mother, Annie, in March is believed to have hit him incredibly hard and had widespread repercussions for his family.
Comments(11)
Mister Red
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5:05pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Good luck Eddie
rhodie110961
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5:07pm Fri 12 Oct 12
floydbrfc
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5:54pm Fri 12 Oct 12
flagstone
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6:08pm Fri 12 Oct 12
kazz
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6:11pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Chico!
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8:36pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Bonleh, the only place in the works where teeth are considered 'bling'.
It's funny coz it's true!
RUinsane
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9:42pm Fri 12 Oct 12
jellybiff
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10:11pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Stone Island:
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3:33am Sat 13 Oct 12
jellybiff wrote:You're the waste of space, w@nkhall. Changed your name since you got out of jail have you? Can't really blame him for leaving, can you? What an eye opener it must have been for him. Leaving a nice place like Bournemouth, for the squalid surroundings of Burnley. My god, I bet he's glad to have got out alive, and that his good lady hasn't been set on fire, in some dodgy chippy in the backstreets of Burnley. What a cesspit that place is!
So will he take all his mates from Bournemouth with him the waste of space .
bobinspain
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10:19am Sat 13 Oct 12
Mister Red wrote:I 100% endorse your post (from afar).
I would like to think that all genuine supporters and people in Burnley wish him and his family all the best for the future.
Good luck Eddie
Buena suerte Eddie.
Mister Red says...
5:05pm Fri 12 Oct 12
Good luck Eddie