Jarrod Bowen has grown up as a Premier League player and that is the key to his often brilliant form this season.
Now David Moyes has revealed that he believes that to be the major reason behind what we have been seeing from the former Hull city player this season
It will come as no surprise to many who have followed his career – notably at Hull – who plunged to relegation in the same season as he left for the Hammers.
Jarrod is now being freely tipped as a likely England player and although being linked freely with Liverpool is going nowhere.
Let’s not forget he has a contract until 2025 anyway with the usual two year option attached – he could be at the club for a very long time to come.
His game is entirely suited to the David Moyes approach to the game – fitness, enterprise and then more fitness – he could hardly have a more suitable boss.
And discussing the player Moysie declared: “I think the key to Jarrod Bowen’s form this season has been getting more used to being a Premier League player.
When we took him from Hull, he settled in very well I have to say, but I think just the time and getting the chance to play regularly at this level, and I think he’s maturing.
He’s got a few goals recently, which we want him to keep adding to. He’s certainly got assists this year, so he’s been involved in an awful lot of the good stuff we’ve done.
But we’re always looking for more and always pushing him on and demanding more from him and I do think he can improve again and he can step up again, so let’s hope he shows that in the second half of the season.
He’s doing well at the moment for a team which is doing well in the Premier League and I hope that somewhere along the line he might find himself being talked about for England recognition.
But I’ve said many times that the competition for that position for England is really strong, so he’ll need to keep playing well, keep scoring goals and keep getting assists to keep his name in lights, really.
Jarrod hasn’t spoken about his England hopes, but we would be thrilled if it did happen for him.
But, in the same breath, his first job is to play well for West Ham and I’m more interested in how he plays for West Ham and that he continues that form and continues to improve.
He’s a really good team player, which we like about him as well, and all those other aspects to his game have to be there for him to get in the West Ham team, first and foremost.”