Jarrod Bowen declares intention to stay at West Ham despite relegation
Captain says promotion would bring ‘the most happiness’ He visited largest shareholder Daniel Křetínský in Prague Jarrod Bowen has said he intends to remain with West Ham after the club’s relegation to the Championship. The forward has attracted interest from Premier League teams but has spelled out his desire to stay after a summer during which he travelled to Prague for talks with the largest shareholder, Daniel Křetínský. “I feel like we’re moving in the right direction as a club,” Bowen told West Ham ’s media channels. “There’s a lot of thinking time over the summer and a lot of things tha
Jarrod Bowen has said he intends to remain with West Ham after the club’s relegation to the Championship . The forward has attracted interest from Premier League teams but has spelled out his desire to stay after a summer during which he travelled to Prague for talks with the largest shareholder, Daniel Kretinsky.
“I feel like we’re moving in the right direction as a club,” Bowen told West Ham ’s media channels. “There’s a lot of thinking time over the summer and a lot of things that go in your head. But I look in years and years to come of when I retire, what’s going to bring me the most happiness. For me now that’s getting this club back into the Premier League.”
Bowen has been at West Ham since January 2020, joining from Hull, which was the last time he played in the second tier. Any hope the 29-year-old has of getting back into Thomas Tuchel’s England plans will surely be extinguished by staying at West Ham but the captain, who has a contract to 2030, said it was “a no-brainer for me to be here”. Aston Villa, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea have been monitoring his situation.
