{"id":489996,"date":"2025-10-11T03:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T03:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/489996\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T03:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T03:35:22","slug":"jarrod-bowens-england-verdict-has-come-back-to-haunt-him-after-wales-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/489996\/","title":{"rendered":"Jarrod Bowen’s England verdict has come back to haunt him after Wales cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jarrod Bowen missed out on a start in England\u2019s friendly victory against Wales on Thursday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n

West Ham<\/a> captain Bowen was restricted to a brief second-half cameo in the 3-0 win at Wembley<\/a>, with Thomas Tuchel<\/a> instead leaning toward using others across his frontline.<\/p>\n

Tuchel has made no secret of the fact that players must perform consistently for club and country to be in with a chance of making his World Cup<\/a> squad next year.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/ Click to subscribe to the podcast \"\"\/ <\/a><\/p>\n

But Bowen did not do enough to stake his claim during his 20-minute run-out, and his own warning about competition for places could soon come back to haunt him.<\/p>\n

\"JarrodPhoto by Eddie Keogh \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty ImagesJarrod Bowen didn\u2019t do enough for England<\/p>\n

Jarrod Bowen<\/a> did create a chance against Wales, but after taking just two touches in the opposition penalty area and failing to contribute a single defensive action, the signs are not good.<\/p>\n

He was awarded a steady mark of 6 in BBC Sport\u2019s post-match ratings<\/a>, but with Morgan Rogers and Bukayo Saka scoring<\/a>, and Marcus Rashford also back firing again, that will not be enough.<\/p>\n

Back in September, Bowen was called up for World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia before admitting that it had never been harder to start as a forward for the Three Lions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttacking is probably the best options England\u2019s<\/a> had for a few years now,\u201d Bowen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in and out of squads for a couple of years and always had that competition for places, and I think it\u2019s really good. I think it really brings the best out of you.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for me it\u2019s a really big year. I\u2019ve got a really big year at club level and then also international level as well. You know there\u2019s a World Cup around the corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I think for me, being back in the squad is just trying to show what I do at West Ham, week in, week out. I think that\u2019s all that I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those words ironically encapsulate the uphill struggle Bowen now has as he looks to ensure Tuchel has no choice but to include him on the plane heading to the United States next summer.<\/p>\n

Jarrod Bowen on his World Cup hopes<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old was, of course, part of the England squad that reached the Euro 2024 final under Gareth Southgate<\/a>, but impressing Tuchel appears to be a much sterner task.<\/p>\n

Bowen, though, is relishing the opportunity to force his way into his country\u2019s starting XI.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say pressure,\u201d he told talkSPORT. \u201cI think it\u2019s more enjoying that responsibility, enjoying being here.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasPhoto by Eddie Keogh \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause ultimately when you were young and playing for your country, probably seemed a million miles away, when you\u2019re here, I think it\u2019s important not to get too frightened about the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re here on merit, you\u2019re here for a reason, so I think it\u2019s do what you do, that you\u2019ve always done, that helped you get here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen when you do get that opportunity, it\u2019s important you know you have to take the opportunity, but I don\u2019t see it as pressure. I see it as a responsibility that you enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarrod Bowen missed out on a start in England\u2019s friendly victory against Wales on Thursday night. West Ham…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,393,4884,15486,16,15,1764,11505],"class_list":{"0":"post-489996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jarrod-bowen","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wales","15":"tag-west-ham-united"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115353446211289357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}