Eddie Howe to Celtic is a “done deal” according to Davie Provan, who can’t believe the Hoops hierarchy would leave themselves open to embarrassment.
Talks have been rumbling on for weeks with the former Bournemouth boss, who is the heavy favourite to replace John Kennedy, who himself was interim successor to Neil Lennon.
However, an expected announcement hasn’t materialised and has led to speculation that Howe might turn down any offer or that the club would move.
But Provan is convinced that an agreement is in place, and suspects majority shareholder Dermot Desmond wouldn’t have let things get to this stage if that was a possibility.
He told Go Radio: "I don't think for a moment Dermot Desmond would have exposed himself to the possibility of being embarrassed by Eddie Howe And Eddie Howe himself has chosen not to rule himself out.
“So reading between the lines I think there's an agreement, I think it's a done deal.
"I'm pretty sure Celtic will be working away in the background to beef that squad up because it's going to be a wholesale change of the type that we haven't seen for a long, long time."
"I'm sure Dermot Desmond will be aware that it doesn't look good and that makes me all the more convinced that a deal has been done with Eddie Howe and that they're working behind the scenes.
"I'm pretty sure that's the case.
"I don't think for a moment that Eddie Howe is going to take a Crystal Palace, I don't think Dermot Desmond would leave himself open to that embarrassment."
