Eddie Howe reveals the best striker he has ever worked with, who scored 58 goals this season and received a £75 per goal bonus

NEWCASTLE boss Eddie Howe has surprisingly named a former Bournemouth striker as “one of the best I’ve ever worked with”.

The Toon boss, 46, won three promotions in two spells at The Cherries between 2008 and 2020.

The first of these occurred in the 2010/11 campaign, when Bournemouth were automatically promoted to League One.

During that season, Brett Pitman scored 28 goals in all competitions and finished third in the League One goalscoring table behind Lee Hughes and Adam Le Fondre.

Now Howe has spoken about Pitman’s talent as a finisher, praising the Jersey-born striker.

Talking about The overlapsponsored by Sky BetSalford co-owner Gary Neville asked about navigating League Two successfully.

To which Howe replied: “What took us out of League Two was having a goalscorer.

“Brett Pitman, in terms of finishing, was one of the best I’ve ever worked with and we had a solid defense.

“If you have those two in this league, then I think you’ll be successful.”

After Howe left for Burnley and Pitman left for Bristol City, the pair were reunited at Bournemouth in 2012.

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They achieved promotion to the Championship, before Pitman departed, while Howe guided the club to the top flight.

Pitman subsequently played for Ipswich, Portsmouth, Swindon, Bristol Rovers and Eastleigh.

Now 36, he plays non-league club Shaftesbury and has scored an astonishing 58 goals this season.

One of those came in the Wessex League play-off final last month when he inspired his team to promotion to the Southern League.

He also bagged SEVEN in a game in January – a performance which left Shaftesbury “crushed” as he had signed a £75 goal bonus – meaning he accrued £525 on top of his normal salary.

In total, he has scored 48.7 percent of his team’s league goals this season.

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