Every West Ham player now set to leave in summer: Jarrod Bowen and £25m signing
West Ham are in danger of being relegated from the Premier League for the first time in 15 years.
The writing was on the wall for the east London outfit earlier this season when Graham Potter was sacked by West Ham after a poor start to the campaign.
Nuno Espirito Santo has overseen an upturn in results in recent weeks, with West Ham winning three of their last four matches in all competitions.
They are still six points behind 17th-placed Nottingham Forest and are heavy favourites to go down to the Championship with Burnley and Wolves.
If they do get relegated, who is likely to stay and who is almost certain to go? West Ham Zone has delved a little deeper into what the Hammers squad could look like if they are demoted.
Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville unlikely to stay if West Ham go down
When a team gets relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, there tends to be a player exodus.
While parachute payments tend to prevent a side from getting relegated for a second straight season, although Luton Town is a recent exception, their prized assets still tend to leave.
This can be down to players having no desire to play in the Championship, or sometimes the club simply cannot afford to keep them on their big wages, as a big-money sale is sought.
If relegation is confirmed in May, West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen is almost certain to be sold, with Tottenham linked to the England international.
According to Transfermarkt, the 29-year-old is valued at £30million, but Bowen is likely to go for much more than that.
Incidentally, in-form West Ham winger Crysencio Summerville has been linked with Roma, and Spurs have been credited with interest, too.
Summerville went down with Leeds United in 2023, but back then, his stock was not nearly as high.
The 24-year-old didn’t want another season in the Championship in 2024, so moved to West Ham for £25m.
It seems unlikely that Summerville would stick around if they were relegated, and the same could be said for their top earners.
Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, Tomas Soucek, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are prime examples – all of whom are said to be on upwards of £80,000-a-week.
Indeed, Mateus Fernandes, Summerville, Todibo and El Hadji Malick Diouf are also rated at upwards of £20m – all valuable fees.
Moreover, big-money January signings Pablo and Taty Castellanos may look to move on, as would Diouf, who has recently spoken of his desire to play at a club that is among the “five best in the world”.
If a club of West Ham’s size do go down, it is more likely that there will be a clear-out rather than players vowing to secure an immediate Premier League return.
West Ham players nearing the end of their contracts
On deadline day, West Ham signed Axel Disasi on loan from Chelsea as the defender bids to keep them in the English top-flight.
He will almost certainly return to Stamford Bridge in the summer if West Ham went down, while injured goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set to become a free agent after this campaign.
Winger Keiber Lamadrid is on loan from Deportivo La Guaira and West Ham have an option to buy him, but that may not happen if they get relegated.
Callum Wilson and Adama Traore are out of contract this summer and barring a surprise turn of events, they won’t want to play in the English second-tier.
Which West Ham players would stick around?
When a club is relegated to the Championship, many fans see it as a chance to blood the youth in the first-team.
Going by that, centre-back Ezra Mayers could stick around, as could midfielders Freddie Potts Soungoutou Magassa, and left-back Oliver Scarles, among others.
There would certainly be question marks over £40m signing Max Kilman, summer recruits Kyle Walker-Peters and Fernandes, the latter of which is coming into good form of late.
Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen may seek pastures new after a disastrous £20m summer move from Leicester City but equally, relegation may give him a chance to become the club’s number one again.
Either way, an intriguing few months lie ahead for West Ham.
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