EDDIE Howe has this morning insisted that he still has ‘a long way to go’ at Burnley after being linked with a return to Bournemouth.

Howe left Bournemouth to take over as Clarets boss in January 2011 but the south coast club are being linked with a surprise move to try to lure the 34-year-old back to League One.

Bournemouth parted company with manager Paul Groves yesterday.

At his pre-match press conference this morning, though, Howe said: “This is a Bournemouth story and not really one I should be commenting on.

“I’m proud to be Burnley manager, we've just started the job. We feel there's a long way to go.”