Everton are one of the clubs being linked with a move for Jarrod Bowen this summer following West Ham United's relegation
Jarrod Bowen is embraced by David Moyes after the match between Everton and West Ham United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on September 29, 2025
Jarrod Bowen is embraced by David Moyes after the match between Everton and West Ham United at Hill Dickinson Stadium on September 29, 2025
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Everton’s end-of-season collapse and absence of European football for next season has left them in the chasing pack for the Jarrod Bowen transfer race this summer.
The Blues’ failure to beat a Tottenham Hotspur side without a home win in the calendar year in the final game of the Premier League season on Sunday, as they slumped to a 1-0 defeat, ensured West Ham United were condemned to the drop despite doing all they could on the last day by thrashing Leeds United 3-0 with Bowen himself among the goalscorers alongside Valentin Castellanos and Callum Wilson. The Irons’ relegation comes less than three years after David Moyes ended their 43-year trophy drought by lifting the UEFA Europa Conference League.
With the Hammers facing up to life in the Championship for the first time in 14 years, captain Bowen’s future has come under scrutiny with several clubs reportedly willing to hand the England international a Premier League lifeline. An article in the Daily Mail earlier this month stated that Everton were among a trio of teams keeping tabs on the 29-year-old.
The piece stated that Liverpool are long-standing admirers and strong contenders as they search for a replacement for Mohamed Salah; Newcastle United are interested as they prepare to sell Anthony Gordon, while the Blues are in the mix with Moyes having taken Bowen to the London Stadium from Hull City for £22million in January 2020.
Quoting directly from the report, it said: “Those in pursuit believe he might be prised away for less than £60million.”
Never mind competing against their neighbours, who last summer embarked on the biggest spending spree in world football history, splashing out a reported £414.5million, or Newcastle, who, given that they’re backed by the sovereign wealth fund of the House of Saud, are – on paper at least – the richest club on the planet, just ‘how much’ less than £60million Bowen could be available for could determine whether this potential deal is a non-starter for Everton.
While the Blues are now on a much sounder financial footing given that the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s richest people, currently has owner Dan Friedkin in 345th place and calculates the 61-year-old Gulf States Toyota CEO as having a net worth of $10.5billion (approximately £7.79billion, but around a billion dollars down than earlier this month), and given the move to Hill Dickinson Stadium was estimated as bringing in an extra £60million a year of income, the days of Farhad Moshiri trying to play ‘fantasy football’ are over.
Indeed, despite the boost in revenue from their new home by the banks of the Mersey, as reported by Joe Thomas in the ECHO, Everton’s end-of-season slump on the field has cost them dearly in their pockets with the club losing out on £15million in prize money over the last 135 minutes of the campaign. The Blues were still very much in the mix for continental competition last month when Moyes made his first return to London Stadium as an opposition boss on his 63rd birthday as reflected in Bowen’s programme notes that day.
He wrote: “Everton under David Moyes are a great example of how to thrive in the Premier League. They give everything in every game, regardless of opponent or venue, and that’s been rewarded by them being in the race for European qualification.
“We all know how good a manager David Moyes is, and how good Alan Irvine and Billy McKinlay are as his assistants, and he gets the best out of his players. I’m certainly not surprised they’ve done so well.”
As the man who gave Bowen his big break in the Premier League back in January 2020, Moyes still commands a lot of respect from the Leominster-born star, but it feels like that alone would be a long shot when it comes to getting him to swap his status of being an idol among East Enders in the capital, given he is married to Dani Dyer, daughter of near namesake and celebrity West Ham fan Danny Dyer. The bookmakers themselves, who are seldom wrong on these matters reflect that thinking as despite relegation, betfair still see Bowen staying put as the most likely option, offering even money on that scenario.
Manchester United (4/1), Liverpool (9/2) and Aston Villa (5/1) who can all offer Champions League football next season lead the chasing pack. Then there is the aforementioned Newcastle United (6/1) and even Tottenham Hotspur (17/2), who only just escaped the drop at the Hammers’ expense ahead of Everton who are next up at 10/1.
Following the Blues, there is Chelsea (11/1), who also missed out on Europe after their 2-1 defeat at Sunderland on the final day; Atletico Madrid (18/1), who are back in the Champions League; and Brighton & Hove Albion (18/1), who will go through the Conference League qualifiers.
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