Overview
- West Ham’s relegation over the weekend has cut Premier League revenue and increased the club’s need to sell senior players to balance the books.
- Reports from multiple outlets say Chelsea are considering a summer bid for Jarrod Bowen, though that interest is being described as exploratory rather than confirmed.
- West Ham are understood to be asking about £50 million for Bowen while industry figures expect suitors to try to sign him for closer to £40 million.
- Bowen has declined to discuss his future after relegation, telling the BBC that it would be disrespectful to speak about transfers while the result is still raw.
- Bowen’s recent season is widely described as productive but sources give differing totals, and any sale would end his seven-year spell at the club and could make him one of Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso’s first signings.