Eddie Howe bai gaggauta komawa horon ƙwallon ƙafa ba. Tsohon kocin Newcastle United ya ƙi tayin da Lens, ƙungiyar Ligue 1 da ta buga gasar UEFA Champions League wannan kakar, ta yi masa, a cewar rahoton TEAMtalk.

Howe, mai shekaru 48, ya bar Newcastle bayan shekaru biyar a matsayin manajan ƙungiyar — wanda ya kuma canza ƙungiyar daga matsalar saukar da gasar zuwa lashe Carabao Cup da buga Champions League akai-akai. Barin sa ba yanke shawara ne kwatsam ba; majiyoyi sun nuna cewa ya kasance yana tunani game da tafiya tun kafin yanke shawara a hukumance.

Bazara mai cike da fita manyan 'yan wasa a Newcastle

Lokacin bazara ya ga manyan 'yan wasa da yawa suna barin St. James' Park, inda Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes, da Sandro Tonali aka sayar da su da kuɗi mai yawa. An kuma cire ƙwararrun ƙungiyar kamar Kieran Trippier, Callum Wilson, da Nick Pope daga ƙungiyar. Howe ya zaɓi tafiya da son ranshi, yayin da aka naɗa Matthias Jaissle don kula da sauyin.

Lens sun matsa don neman Howe

Lens na neman sabon koci bayan Pierre Sage — wanda ya kai Le Sang et Or matsayi na biyu a Ligue 1 da shiga zagayen ƙungiya na Champions League — ya tafi Crystal Palace don maye gurbin Oliver Glasner.

Mamallakin kulob din da shugabansa Joseph Oughourlian ya tambaye Howe ra'ayinsa kafin ya naɗa Yannick Cahuzac a matsayin koci na dindindin. Sai dai Howe bai nuna sha'awa wajen karɓar matsayin ba.

Komawa bakin Tekun Kudu

Kocin da aka haife shi a Amersham ya koma Dorset, yana jin daɗin hutu tare da iyalinsa a bakin Tekun Kudu — kamar yadda ya yi bayan ya bar Bournemouth a shekarar 2020. Wannan zamanin a Vitality Stadium ya ɗauki shekaru takwas kuma ya ƙare da sauka a rana ta ƙarshe ta kakar wasan a lokacin kulle-kulle na COVID-19, bayan haka Howe ya bar mataimakinsa Jason Tindall ya ɗauki nauyin.

Tsakanin zamanansa a Bournemouth da Newcastle, Howe ya kasance waje da ƙwallon ƙafa kusan watanni 18, yana tafiya ko'ina Turai don koya daga dabarun sauran kococi — ciki har da Andoni Iraola, wanda daga baya ya zama kocin Bournemouth. Sa'ad da ya koma koyarwa a Newcastle, Howe ya sauya tsarin wasa, yana ƙaurace wa 4-4-2 da ya saba da shi zuwa 4-3-3 na zamani.

Shahararsa a bakin Tekun Kudu ba ta da takawa. Howe ya fara horon Bournemouth a shekarar 2008, inda ya ceci kulob din daga halaka kusan ta tabbata bayan an cire maki 17 a League Two, sa'an nan ya lashe haɓakar zuwa League One. A lokacin na biyu, ya ɗaga Cherries daga ƙungiya ta uku kai tsaye zuwa Premier League a cikin shekaru uku da rabi.

A halin yanzu, Newcastle za su karɓi Aston Villa a St. James' Park wannan karshen mako a Premier League, suna neman ganima bayan sun sha kashi 4-1 a hannun Coventry City.