‘It would hurt’ – Danny Dyer names two clubs he’d allow future son-in-law Jarrod Bowen to join if big-money transfer bids were tabled for West Ham captain

Actor Dyer, who is Bowen's future father-in-law, was quizzed about which teams he would begrudgingly accept the England international joining if a big money transfer came his way. He admitted Real Madrid would be too good an opportunity to turn down and he wouldn't mind if the 28-year-old joined Manchester City, either.

Asked if Bowen would ever go to Arsenal, Dyer told talkSPORT: “He’s never going to do that, why would he? What’s in it for him?

"Real Madrid? Yeah, for sure."

On City, he added: “Listen, it’s his career. City? I wouldn’t mind that, I’d suffer that. I’m not going to lie, it would hurt, but he’s a grown man and he makes his own decisions. It would obviously hurt, but of course I would be over the moon for him.”

Dyer is a huge admirer of Bowen - who has two kids with his daughter Dani - so much so that he has said West Ham should build a statue of him. He added that he wouldn't swap the "father of his grandchildren" for anyone, so the aforementioned interview would have been difficult for him.

Dyer will be hoping Bowen can fire West Ham to victory against Newcastle United on Monday in the Premier League at the London Stadium.