Jarred Bowen joined West Ham in 2020 and helped play to a club record with 6th place in the Premier League. After that, there have been three straight years of playing in Europe, followed by the Conference League title, the first trophy for the club since 1980. All the way, Bowen has stayed, despite great interest from the biggest clubs in the Premier League. Last season, relegation came, and few thought Bowen would take the difficult road with the club down to the second division. How wrong it is possible to make.
For now, the captain confirms he will not leave the club, he will lead the Hammers back to the Premier League.
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Jarred Bowen refuses to give up at West Ham – joins the Championship
Bowen has just returned from the summer break, where he has spent time considering his future after a season that ended with both relegation and a lack of placement in the World Cup squad.
“Yes, there were many different moments. That weekend, of course, we were relegated, and then I was also rejected for the World Championships. If you look at one weekend, it could hardly have gone worse as a footballer, but that’s football sometimes,” the captain begins to the club’s website.
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“For me, it was important to be with my family and share the disappointment with them, because it hurt all of us, and it should have, because it was a huge disappointment. But you can’t change that, and it doesn’t last forever.
After a period of assessment and talks with the club’s new major shareholder, Daniel Křetínský, it was clear to the 29-year-old Englishman that he wanted to continue at West Ham.
“For me, it was right to say when the time was right under these circumstances. Now it’s all about football again. I flew to Prague, Czech Republic to meet Daniel and Jiří, and the ambitions they presented to me – especially in terms of the direction they want to take the club in – really appealed to me. It didn’t take much to convince me, because this club means a lot to me.
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So the goal is also crystal clear for Bowen. He wants to help lead West Ham back to the Premier League.
“I said in an interview after the game against Leeds United that my vision is to get the club back to the Premier League. Sometimes it feels like no one is listening, and people think, “That’s what he’s saying.” A lot has been written and said, and sometimes you have to bite your tongue.
“But when I say something, I stand by it. “For me, the most important thing is to get the club back in the Premier League and talk to people at the club about how we can take it further and make it stronger together. For me, it was a very obvious choice to stay here, and the vision is clear: the Premier League,” Bowen concluded.
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