“The phrase ‘blossomed’ involves thoughts,” Bowen laughed on Wednesday night time. “Billy loves that image. He says he seems to be at it and smiles day by day. However yeah, it’s not an excellent image.
“My household have been placing good luck messages on social media right now, and footage of the place I’ve come from. Now, I can pinch myself and say, ‘Look how far you’ve come.’ I don’t wish to sit right here and large myself up. However I wish to sit right here and be happy with what I’ve achieved.
“By no means in my wildest desires would I’ve thought, after I was a little bit boy, that I’d have 4 caps for my nation, that I’d be enjoying within the Premier League week-in, week-out, and that I’d have a European winner’s medal to my title.”
Within the many years to return, Bowen will certainly look again upon these previous few weeks as one of many defining intervals of his life. Lower than a month has handed since he turned a father of twins, and on Wednesday night time his title reverberated across the continent.
Historical past will bear in mind his objective way over his chant, after all, however “Bowen’s on fireplace” has been one of many soundtracks of West Ham’s European marketing campaign this season. It encompasses a reference to Dani Dyer, his celeb girlfriend and the daughter of West Ham-supporting tv character Danny Dyer, and it has solely added to Bowen’s hovering reputation in east London.
Bowen ends the marketing campaign with 13 objectives in 54 appearances for his membership. His sturdiness, particularly for a fast-running ahead, is exceptional: for the reason that begin of the 2020/21 season, he has missed solely two Premier League video games.
This season, he would admit, has not been his finest. He scored six objectives within the league, in comparison with 12 final yr, and misplaced his place within the England squad. However none of that may matter now that he has a European medal hanging round his neck, and now that his standing as a West Ham legend has been confirmed.
