Steve Cook believes Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper is destined to follow in the footsteps of Eddie Howe.
The centre-half played for Howe when he was an up-and-coming manager and went right up to the Premier League with Bournemouth.
Cook told SunSport: “Eddie and Steve compare well because they both love the game, are very intelligent and work extremely hard to achieve success.
“They are both good on the tactical side of the game, which is huge, and there is a willingness to put the hours in on the training ground to ensure they have a good team that’s willing to run and tackle.
“At Bournemouth for years we were one of the fittest teams in the league that would run, run and run.
“We felt if we pressed more than the other team we’d win.
“We’re seeing that here at Forest. We were given the stats after the Millwall game last weekend and our sprint distances and efforts around the pitch were our highest.
“If you have that willingness to work hard, like the managers want, you will succeed.
“Steve and Eddie are both mentally on it. They test you to train to near breaking point so on matchday you can do it.
“I have to say they’re very similar in their ways.”
