Motherwell boss Graham Alexander has opened up the on his relationship with Eddie Howe towards the end of his Burnley career.
Alexander was captain at Turf Moor when Howe arrived as manager and was quickly shipped out of the club to Preston.
However, with a potential reunion between the pair in the Premiership with Howe on the brink of becoming Celtic boss, Alexander is keen to put the past behind him.
The Steelmen boss backed the 43-year-old to be a hit at Parkhead and to adapt quickly to life in Glasgow.
Alexander said at Fir Park ahead of Scottish Cup clash with Formartine: "We had our issues, me and him.
"Obviously I was fighting to be the club captain, but he had plans to change the team, and it needed changing.
"I only had an understanding of what he was going through then when I became a manager myself.
"I look back and i've made the each same decisions with players since that he made with me.
"I remember when I first got a managers job he sent me a nice message as well.
"I've got no issues going forward, but it wasn't the best time for me on the pitch, but you could see the quality he had.
"He's proven that at Bournemouth right through the divisions. Which ever club he goes in to manager I think he will go a fantastic job.
"I think his reputation is not a false one. It is build on results and success at different level.
"It will be a different challenge to what he had had before, but the quality managers adapt.
"His record is proven and he has worked at the top level in the Premier League, keeping Burnley up until obviously last season.
"Obviously the parameters at Celtic and Rangers are very extreme so that's a challenge for any manager that goes into one of those jobs."
