Eddie Howe is closing in on becoming the next manager of Celtic after Bournemouth came apart at the seams in their Championship playoff semi-final.
revealed on Tuesday that the 43-year-old was in line for a bumper pay-off if the Cherries secured promotion back to the Premier League.
But a top flight return appeared an impossible dream from the moment Chris Mepham was shown a straight red card after he upended Bryan Mbuemo following his own slapstick defending.
Former Celtic target Ivan Toney cancelled out Arnaut Danjuma's opener before Vitaly Janelt and Marcus Forrs struck to secure a 3-2 aggregate win for the Bees.
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