West Ham United star hasn't ruled out exit - previously agreed to join Newcastle United
Newcastle United have had a longstanding interest in Jarrod Bowen after almost signing him in January 2020.
Jarrod Bowen hasn’t ruled out leaving West Ham United this summer with Newcastle United and several other Premier League clubs linked with a potential move.
Bowen played a full 90 minutes at St James’ Park last Sunday as West Ham’s 3-1 defeat to the Magpies put them on the brink of relegation to the Championship.
The Hammers head into the final day of the campaign with fate out of their own hands, as they need to beat Leeds United at home and hope Tottenham Hotspur lose to Everton at home.
Jarrod Bowen addresses his West Ham United future
Newcastle have a longstanding interest in Bowen, who agreed to join the club from Hull City in January 2020. However, he ended up joining West Ham instead after former owner Mike Ashley pulled the plug on the deal.
The 29-year-old has gone on to become a legend in East London, making 279 appearances and scoring 84 goals, including the winning goal in their Conference League final victory over Fiorentina three years ago.
But it’s been reported that Bowen will consider leaving if West Ham are relegated, and recent comments from the player hardly suggest otherwise.
“I think every single season, I have conversations every single year,” Bowen told Sky Sports. “I've done it since I've been at Hull. I sit down at the end of every season and think, what's best for me? What do I feel? What's my feeling? What's my gut feeling? And then make a decision and go with it there.
“I think it would be wrong for me to sit down and start saying what's going to happen in a few weeks to come because ultimately for me, we have a big game coming up Sunday. Whatever happens, there's a lot of things that can happen.
“There's a World Cup squad on Friday. There's fighting for our lives on Sunday.
“So for me, it's probably one of the biggest weeks in my career, so it would be wrong for me to start looking past the next few weeks and start putting my energy elsewhere.
“I love this club. I have a lot of care for this club, so I want to put all my energy into this week. That's it. And then whatever happens later, that's another conversation to cross with when we find out what's going on.”
Newcastle United, Man United, Chelsea & Liverpool credited with an interest
As well as Newcastle, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool are among the teams to be credited with an interest in Bowen.
He added: “A lot of stuff gets printed, that's what happens on social media and in newspapers these days. A lot of false things get put out there.
“Like I said, I haven't even thought about what's going to happen in the future yet because I'm representing this club. I'm the captain of this club. I have a big, big feeling towards this club. My heart is here, my love is here. I've got to put all my energy into this week. That's the bottom line.
“There's going to be certain things where people say, ‘what's going to happen next season?’ And they've heard this. We've heard this but for me, that's false.
“When there's time to speak and time to address different things, then it will be the first one to come from me because that's how I work.
“I'm quite honest. I'm quite open. I'll always address different sorts of things. But for me now, my energy has to be into this week. There's no other way.”
Jarrod Bowen reflects on failed Newcastle United move
Reflecting on the failed transfer, Bowen told the Premier League’s YouTube channel. back in 2023: “So it was deadline day and I had nothing. I thought I was going to Newcastle because Steve Bruce was there.
“I was looking for houses and everything, I thought it was nailed on. They said they’re not paying the money, and I thought I would stay at Hull.
“It was £14m with £6m in add-ons and one of those was for an England call-up, and I thought that would never happen. I went to training and thought I was staying at Hull, but the manager pulled me and said ‘what are you doing here, we’ve accepted a bid from West Ham.’ I didn’t even know they were interested.”