Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn: Eddie Howe was the cheap option – but he has made us special

Bournemouth chairman Jeff Mostyn: Eddie Howe was the cheap option - but he has made us special
London Evening Standard



It is a sign of Eddie Howe’s standing at Bournemouth that millionaire owner Maxim Demin consulted him over who should be chairman.



At the meeting two years ago, also attended by assistant boss Jason Tindall and chief executive Neill Blake, Howe plumped for Jeff Mostyn, the man who gave him his break as a manager.



“I was at home when I got a call from Maxim,” says Mostyn, who moved down to vice-chairman after the Russian bought 50 per cent of the club in 2011. “He said, ‘Hi, Jeff we’re having a board meeting in Moscow. I have Eddie, Jason and Neill with me and we have decided you are the new chairman’.



“It must be the first time in football that a manager and assistant manager have appointed a chairman.”