When Lloyd Kelly and Eddie Howe were reunited the conversation soon turned to tying up loose ends. “It definitely feels like we’ve got some unfinished business,” says Kelly. “That’s what we said when we first met up after I signed for Newcastle. It’s a mutual thing – we’re on the same page.”
The left-back or left-sided central defender was first introduced to Howe six years ago when the then Bournemouth manager recruited him from Bristol City and, given the pair’s mutual admiration, it is no surprise Lloyd has followed his mentor from the south coast to Tyneside.
