West Ham to keep Jarrod Bowen but lose ‘next Vitinha’ in major relegation firesale

West Ham will probably be set for a serious clearout if the membership are relegated from the Premier League, however not each star’s future is so clear-cut.

The Hammers are the favourites to turn into the third and remaining crew to drop right down to the Championship with simply two matches to go.

Nuno Espirito Santo’s males are languishing within the relegation zone and might solely overhaul one different membership, Tottenham, within the race for security.

West Ham, who subsequent journey to face Newcastle on Sunday, are presently two factors adrift of Spurs following a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.

Their destiny will probably be sealed if the Irons fail to win at St James’ Park after which Roberto De Zerbi’s males beat Chelsea on Tuesday night.

In that state of affairs, it’s anticipated that almost all of West Ham’s senior belongings will go away the membership, with captain Jarrod Bowen prime of the listing.

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The 29-year-old England star has scored eight Premier League targets and assisted an additional 10 in his 36 top-flight appearances this season.

Jarrod Bowen’s West Ham future

Bowen has been tipped as a possible substitute for Mohamed Salah at Liverpool, with Newcastle and Everton additionally mentioned to be eager.

talkSPORT’s chief soccer correspondent Alex Criminal has revealed that the ahead, married to the daughter of movie star Hammers fan and actor Danny Dyeris unlikely to push for a transfer in the event that they keep within the Premier League.

Nonetheless, fellow West Ham VIP supporter James Corden believes there’s nonetheless a state of affairs during which Bowen avoids leaving regardless.

“I do not know why I believe this, and it might simply be as a result of I like Jarrod,” he instructed Andy Goldstein and Gabby Agbonlahor on talkSPORT Breakfast. “I’ve acquired a type of niggling feeling that I really feel like Jarrod may keep.

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Bowen to Liverpool – however not Everton or Newcastle

“If I had been Jarrod, until Liverpool go…I believe if Liverpool are available for him or Man United are available for him, he completely ought to go.

“And he ought to go along with each West Ham fan’s blessing as a result of the chance to play within the Champions League is one thing that Jared Bowen, I believe, can’t surrender.

“If the query is, ought to I go away West Ham and go to Everton, or I do not know, Brentford, or Newcastle, the place you are not assured Champions League soccer in any manner, form or type.

“If I had been Jared Bowen, I would say to the house owners, I am going to take the pay lower, which I believe is 40 per cent, one thing like that.

“I am going to take the pay lower, and I am going to keep, if we come again up, you give all of it to me on the day we go up, and I desire a new contract.”

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Mateus Fernandes is ‘subsequent Vitinha’

Fernandes’ future seems a lot clearer, with talkSPORT’s Criminal reporting his plans to go away the membership if they’re relegated.

The Portuguese midfielder, who solely joined from Southampton final summer season in a deal price £42million, has been scouted by Man United.

Gavin and Stacey star Corden likened non-West Ham opinions of the 21-year-old to how his compatriot Vitinha was judged in England.

The latter infamously struggled on mortgage at Wolves, paradoxically underneath now-Irons chief Nuno, through the 2020/21 season, scoring simply one aim – towards Chorley within the FA Cup.

Nonetheless, now Vitinha is amongst Europe’s finest midfielders, having been named on the Ballon d’Or podium in September after serving to Paris Saint-Germain win the Champions League.

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“Fernandes, I believe he is a unprecedented footballer,” Corden mentioned on talkSPORT Breakfast. “I believe he’ll go to a [top] crew.

“He jogs my memory a little bit of Vitinha in PSG, who was at Wolves – Wolves followers knew how good he was, and nobody else actually took any discover.

“Now he is at PSG, and we’re like, ‘he is superb.’

“I believe Fernandes has that type of means.”

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What about the remainder of West Ham’s squad?

Mads Hermansen, who has recovered from a shaky begin to turn into Nuno’s No.1 goalkeeper, stays underneath contract till 2030.

The Dane stored 13 clear sheets with Leicester Metropolis throughout his final second-tier spell and can seemingly retain his spot between the sticks.

That will open the door for Alphonse Areola to hunt pastures new, with Lukasz Fabianski reported to be contemplating retirement.

Relegation will even go away West Ham with no probability of constructing Axel Disasi’s mortgage deal from Chelsea everlasting.

His centre-back associate Konstantinos Mavropanos will even go away, with El Hadji Malick Diouf additionally attracting curiosity from Man United.

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In assault, Callum Wilson agreed a shock new one-year deal at West Ham in March, however Crysencio Summerville is in excessive demand.

The membership will even have to recoup a number of the £40m-plus outlay spent in January on Pablo Felipe and Valentin ‘Taty’ Castellanos, with the latter scoring all 4 of the pair’s mixed Premier League targets throughout 28 top-flight appearances.