“Doomed to Failure” | Newcastle Can’t Sign £100M West Ham Star
Newcastle United intend to increase their transfer offer for West Ham winger and occasional striker Jarrod Bowen upon discovering there is no release clause in his Hammers’ contract. That’s the latest report from Football Insider, which claims the Magpies are ready to up their interest in the England man.
The Toon are known admirers of West Ham’s HOTY and were clearly hoping to get the player on the cheap. However, Eddie Howe’s team has now learned that West Ham values Bowen at over £100 million, yet somehow this has not dissuaded them from showing interest.
Quite simply, Bowen is settled and happy at West Ham, and reports suggest he has no desire to uproot his young family to the Northeast. Factor in that West Ham has no desire to sell the player, and Newcastle’s interest becomes completely redundant.
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New Hammers head coach Julen Lopetegui is also understood to be keen to work with Bowen and is a huge admirer of the Hammers’ forward.
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And the Spaniard has a very clear idea in mind about how he wants to get West Ham to the top of the English game.
Julen Lopetegui apparently wants to bring six new faces to the London Stadium this summer, but I personally believe he’ll end up signing at least eight players.
The squad left behind by David Moyes was an extremely unbalanced and ageing one.
Julen Lopetegui of West Ham United during training at Rush Green on July 03, 2024 in Romford, England.
One of Lopetegui’s chief remits will be to bring down the average age of the squad and in fairness to him, he’s made inroads into doing that already. Angelo Ogbonna, Said Benrahma and Ben Johnson have left whilst Luis Guilherme and Max Kilman have come in.
Wes Foderingham has been signed as well of course, but the next few signings will undoubtedly be in their early to mid-20s.
