GOODISON PARK — Eddie Howe will speak to Bournemouth‘s owner and board to see if they want him to continue as manager after the club’s five-year stay in the Premier League came to a heartbreaking end.
The Cherries won their final game at Everton 3-1 but Aston Villa’s draw at West ham sealed their fate and Howe admitted his team had not been good enough over the course of the season.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “I need to sit down with the people at Bournemouth and see what we’re going to do next.”
Asked if he would like to stay at the club, he added: “My commitment has never been in doubt… Now is a time for reflection, not so much for big pledges.”
Howe, who has been in charge for eight years, took responsibility for the drop.
“It is incredibly painful – the worst day I have had in my managerial career,” he said in a post-match press conference. It’s difficult when you feel you have let people down.
“Over the season we have not been good enough and as manager I take full responsibility for that.
“When we went 3-1 up we were glued to the West Ham score. We needed it to fall for us but ultimately you look at the points we didn’t get in the season that we should have got.
“When you see how we played today that is a side that should have got more than 38 points.
“But the table doesn’t lie – it tells the story. We dipped below the level of previous seasons there is no denying that. It took us a while to get going after the lock down and that slow start has cost us.
“I have to take this on my shoulders and I have no issues with that. It is how you respond to the setback. At the moment it is too difficult to think about things like that.
“We’ve had five years in the Premier League and there have been so many great moments. We really attacked the Premier League, we gave it our best shot.
“We were great for the Premier League, the way such a small club can hold its own. We’ve been a inspriation for a lot of smaller club and it is so disappointing it has ended like this.”
Meanwhile Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti paid tribute to veteran defender Leighton Baines who announced his retirement after the game.
“Every Evertonian must be grateful to him, he is a fantastic example and has had a great career. We want to keep him at the club, his knowledge is really important.”
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