Jarrod Bowen told to leave West Ham after what he was doing v Newcastle. Adrian Durham has claimed that Jarrod Bowen needs to leave West Ham as he is being “absolutely wasted” under Julen Lopetegui.
The claim came after the first half of the Hammers’ 2-0 victory over Newcastle United at St James’ Park on Monday (25 November), where Tomas Soucek had headed them into a half-time lead. Durham, commentating on the game for talkSPORT, felt that Bowen was playing far too deep and made a plea for the England international to depart the London Stadium.
Speaking on talkSPORT (25 November, 8:50 pm) he said: “Jarrod Bowen, you need to leave this club mate. He’s basically an auxiliary fullback.
“He’s wasted at this club, absolutely wasted. He was linked to Liverpool in the summer and now he’s playing in a team like this.”
Jarrod Bowen is indeed wasted as West Ham
Bowen is a player with immense ability yet little of that is allowed to shine under the negative style of play implemented by Julen Lopetegui.
Since the Spaniard arrived at the London Stadium, the Irons have lacked any form of identity and any attempts to decipher what their gameplan is usually unsuccessful.
It almost seems like the system is purely reliant on players producing a moment of quality in a side that fails to support it and it just isn’t a good fit for Bowen.
Having scored his first England goal during the international November break, things were meant to change for the forward but he simply cannot be expected to perform in a side that look as lost as the Hammers do.
There will be interest in Bowen in January and for the sake of his own career, it makes too much sense to move on, as much of a blow that would be for West Ham.
In other West Ham news, Troy Deeney has branded the boardroom events at the Hammers as a “mess”, noting technical director Tim Steidten.
