Getting back to football matters amidst yesterdays proper news bombshell may not be easy with the BBC’s Panorama programme threatening to fan the flames on Monday night. West Ham face a challenging time with an interim CEO and a distinct lack of high powered negotiators ready to do battle when the transfer window opens on 15th June.
Before yesterday’s story broke, the BBC.co.uk carried Danny Dyer’s interview on the ‘Wayne Rooney show’ (how did that ever become a thing’?) which actually offered Irons fans the inside info on how badly skipper Jarrod Bowen had taken West Ham’s last day relegation from the Premier League.
Celebrity goss isn’t usually detailed insight, but being that the man is Jarrod’s father-in-law his words are worth reading again:
“…Bowen’s future remains uncertain, while the 29-year-old also missed out on selection for Thomas Tuchel’s squad for the upcoming World Cup.
Danny Dyer: Claims Bowen ‘wants to stay’
“I know he wants to stay but I’ve got no answers about that at all,” Dyer added.
“He’s devastated by it [relegation]. I can’t tell you how much he takes it to heart.”
Hopefully West Ham United’s ‘devastated’ skipper is about 3000 miles away right now sitting on a beach enjoying a well-earned break whilst the waves of controversy break over the club. Quite how the joint Chairman’s departure will affect Bowen’s chances of staying at West Ham isn’t yet clear.
Much will depend on how appearances shift in the next few days should Kretinsky emerge as a more public face of West Ham’s ownership and whether Sullivan’s departure actually manages to move the spotlight away from the football club as the media storm rumbles on next week.
Because as it stands right now you couldn’t blame Jarrod Bowen – or any of the players, for that matter, for looking for an easier life and a new start away from London Stadium. Would that we the fans could do the same thing.
If Bowen wants to stay, that says a lot about his lack of ambition with respect to England. That is OK, if it is truly his wish to throw in the towel on his international career. The problem with that from a West Ham perspective is that he would be setting the bar for himself very low. Personally, I would rather see more of a Declan Rice attitude with Bowen making a huge push on his own behalf. He owes West Ham nothing, but sticking with them is, in my opinion, the easy way out.
Are you really a west ham fan do you think for one minute noble would have jumped ship yet you all praise him and respect his Mr west ham mantle and wouldn’t have accused him of no ambition,if Bowen decides to stay you should afford him the same respect, the club the fans have become his home, staying isn’t a lack of ambition it’s called LOYALTY
I’m sorry, I thought I was offering my own opinion. Had I realized that blind faith was the requirement for being a West Ham fan, I would possibly have come up with something a little more patriotic. As for Mark Noble, the one obvious difference there is that he was never selected to play for the senior England side. By your definition I guess Declan Rice was disloyal, whereas I believe he was West Ham to the core, but just chose a different path to test himself at the highest level. I wish Bowen would do the same.
I don’t care if Kretinsky is a public face in fact would be happy to never see our chairpeople in the press, what I want is the team to be the face and our manager and whatever the chairs do or don’t do be kept low profile.