West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen’s future remains up in the air ahead of the summer transfer window.
Bowen still has four years left on his contract, yet many believe this could be his last season with the Hammers.
If Nuno Espirito Santo’s team are relegated to the Championship, the winger would especially be expected to leave.
Famous actor and comedian James Corden has now offered Bowen advice ahead of an important decision in his career.
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James Corden reveals what he’d tell West Ham owners if he were Jarrod Bowen
Corden actually believes Bowen could stay in the Championship next season if West Ham cannot avoid relegation.
“I don’t know why I think this, and it could just be because I love Jarrod,” he told talkSPORT. “I’ve got a sort of niggling feeling that I feel like Jarrod might stay.
Corden does not believe the England international should leave for a mid-table club, such as Newcastle or Everton.
Instead, only a Champions League club like Liverpool or Manchester United should convince him to leave East London.
If none of those teams approach him, Corden suggests Bowen accept a pay cut at West Ham on one condition.
“If I were Jarrod, unless Liverpool go… I think if Liverpool come in for him or Man United come in for him, he absolutely should go,” he added.
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“And he should go with every West Ham fan’s blessing because the opportunity to play in the Champions League is something that Jarrod Bowen, I think, cannot give up.
“If the question is, should I leave West Ham and go to Everton, or I don’t know, Brentford, or Newcastle, where you’re not guaranteed Champions League football in any way, shape or form.
“If I were Jarrod Bowen, I’d say to the owners, ‘I’ll take the pay cut,’ which I think is 40 per cent, something like that.
“‘I’ll take the pay cut, and I’ll stay, if we come back up, you give it all to me on the day we go up, and I want a new contract.'”
Thankfully, West Ham still have an opportunity to remain in the Premier League and avoid facing an uncomfortable Bowen dilemma.
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