CELTIC-linked manager Eddie Howe has gained numerous admirers due to his work in football.
The 43-year-old took Bournemouth to the Premier League and kept them there for five years.
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In that time he recorded famous victories over Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.
One man who knows Howe well is Ryan Fraser. Now at Newcastle, the Scotland forward made his name in the Premier League under the management of Howe.
He believes that his former manager has qualities not dissimilar to those of Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.
“Obviously, Pep is top, top, top and Eddie is very good — but there are comparisons,” Fraser told the Graham Hunter Big Interview podcast.
"The hard work. The in-depth analysis of every little detail.
"Small runs that might affect the other team's movements, space and everything.
"And the reaction press, which is what teams like Barcelona, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are so good at.
"When they lose the ball, they get it back so high up the pitch and score so many goals from that.
"If you lose the ball and the opposition get it back, they expand. If you get it back straight away, you penetrate them even more.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Harper, the 19-year-old attacker who left Celtic in January, has opened up about his exit from Scotland.
And, he has also revealed key details about the squad ‘cliques’ which led to a lack of ‘togetherness’.
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Speaking about his new club to American Soccer Now, he said: “Definitely, there's a good spirit.
"I think that's one thing at Celtic that sometimes did lack, in terms of our reserves or our first team - there were kind of cliques and there wasn't a full togetherness."
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