Jarrod Bowen: 'The dream is a reality now, says West Ham star

By Darren Lewis and Sana Noor Haq, CNN

Updated 0702 GMT (1502 HKT) April 28, 2022

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(CNN)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 theChampions 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