TWINVINCIBLE
Fired-up Bowen wants dream finish with the arrival of his two girls, Euro cup and staying in the Prem
JARROD BOWEN wants to end a difficult season at West Ham with a unique quadruple.
That is avoiding relegation, winning the Europa Conference League and celebrating the birth of his twins.
The 26-year-old and his partner, reality TV star Dani Dyer, announced in January that they are expecting two girls and, naturally, they are seriously excited to meet them.
But before then, Bowen has a twin situation to help resolve in his day job.
And after taking a step forward in one of them by booking a semifinal berth with the win over KAA Gent on Thursday, he and his pals will refocus on the other today as they take on fellow strugglers Bournemouth.
Asked what staying up and winning a trophy would mean ahead of the summer’s big arrivals, Bowen said: “It would mean everything.
“To keep this club in the division is the main focus. To win a European trophy would be unbelievable.
“A quadruple? Yeah. The twins would be the icing on the cake.
“Then I could… I was going to say, ‘Put my feet up and relax’... but at least sit down at home content. That’s what we are working for. There’s a lot of football to be played until that moment but right now we are full of confidence.” No wonder, after the Hammers made it four unbeaten following their 5-1 thumping by Newcastle earlier this month. Thursday’s 4-1 win followed the overturning of a two-goal deficit against Premier League leaders Arsenal to earn a draw. And reflecting on the Gent victory, Bowen added: “On another night, we could have scored even eight but we can take a lot of confidence from it. “It has not been as freeflowing as we’d want this season but, especially off the back of last Sunday, it was important to get the fans excited again and in the second half we showed that.
“You get confidence from creating chances and playing that attacking, free-flowing football that we have been playing these last two games.
“Of course, there are some games where you have to sit in – like the Fulham away game, where it was a different kind of victory.
“Other times, we’ve really got to show our quality and at the business end of the season it’s important to keep every bit of confidence and momentum going.
“It’s a massive week finishing off with Bournemouth.
“We know how big it is, how important it is for us and our season.
“We need to go there and take confidence from the last two games but in the last few games we’ve only lost to Newcastle, so we can take a lot of confidence from the other games we have had.
“The season has been really disappointing. We can’t shy away from that.
“All we can do is our best to get ourselves out of this position, and Europe as well is a massive opportunity for us as players to bring a trophy to these fans.”