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Jarrod Bowen joined West Ham United in January 2020 and as he looks back over the last few years with the club it’s almost as if he can’t quite believe what has happened.
West Ham finished the 2019/20 season five points shy of relegation, having lost half of its matches during that campaign.
Last season the club climbed 10 places up the Premier League table – when the 25-year-old Bowen scored eight goals and made five assists – and missed out on the Champions League by just two points.
Now, the West Ham United striker is looking forward to his side’s first European semifinal in 46 years in a fated reunion against Eintracht Frankfurt.
“I think it’s people seeing West Ham for what West Ham are about now. Since I’ve been here, we were staying up from relegation which was crazy to think,” Bowen tells CNN Sport’s Darren Lewis…“Fast forward two and a half years and we finished in the top six and (are) on course to finish in the top six again, maybe even get to a Europa League final,” he adds. “People should think about West Ham differently now.
“Just goes to show what happens when a manager [David Moyes] comes in and gets a group of players that are 100% committed and … want to work for each other.”
Europa League dream
West Ham’s Europa League journey to the last four has been nothing short of remarkable.
After topping its group stage, West Ham won 2-1 on aggregate against Sevilla with a late winner from Andriy Yarmolenko in the second-leg tie – ending the Spanish side’s hopes of adding to its record six Europa League titles.
Then, West Ham knocked out French club Lyon 4-1 on aggregate in the quarterfinals, thanks to decisive goals from Craig Dawson, Declan Rice and Bowen – despite having played with 10 men during the second half in the first leg.
“To have that opportunity against Lyon and to beat them and go through was probably the best feeling ever,” Bowen says.
