Former Celtic manager John Barnes believes that Eddie Howe will be good a fit for the Hoops but has urged caution over how much can be done in a short space of time.

Speaking in an interview with BettingOdds.com, Barnes gave his thoughts on the Howe situation and his possible appointment at the club but insisted it could potentially take time to get where the club wants to be.

“Like the right players looking for the right type of football to suit them rather than the club, I think Celtic and Eddie have to decide the kind of relationship they want.

“Is Eddie going to say, “I want to go and work at Celtic with what I have so I can make them better but I will need to be given time, it’s not going to work all of a sudden”? Or is he going to be like a big name European manager who’s going to expect to spend millions and get better players in?

“Because it’s Celtic and they have to challenge Rangers, they could go for a superstar manager and spend loads of money to get better players. That’s why you have to look at the dynamic of the club’s ambitions as well as the manager’s ambitions.

“I think working with what he has, Eddie will do a good job, but he’s not all of a sudden going to be better than Rangers.

“Rangers have got better players than Celtic and they’re in a better place, so the expectations of beating Rangers are maybe unrealistic.”

With the current batch of free managers out there, Eddie Howe feels like he would be the ideal candidate for a job like Celtic, in the sort of thing that both Howe himself and the club are looking for.

The size of the rebuild that the club has this summer is massive and could be huge for our future going forward, so of course, the Englishman must be given time when/if he is appointed as Celtic boss.

That doesn’t mean we should completely write off next season as one in which we won’t be successful but it will certainly take a lot of work from top to bottom at the club to do so.