West Ham star Jarrod Bowen admits he could have been playing for another team if things had gone differently.
Bowen, a key figure with the Hammers in the Premier League and Conference League this season, has recalled how he missed out on a move to Newcastle United.
The winger, then with Hull, was set to make the move, but the deal did not go through because the club wouldn't pay 14 million for him back in 2020.
So it was on Deadline Day, and I was just sat there doing nothing. I thought I was going to Newcastle because Steve Bruce was there," Bowen claimed on the Premier League's Behind The Game.
I was even looking for houses and everything, I thought it was nailed on! Then they turned around and said: 'We won't pay the money'. So I thought: 'Ok, I'll stay at Hull then'.
"14m with 6m in add-ons. One of them was an England call-up and I thought that'd never happen! So I go to training at Hull all normal, get there and the manager pulls me, saying: 'What are you doing here?'
He said: 'We've accepted a bid from West Ham'. I didn't even know they were interested. I had my three hour medical in Leeds and then got the train to London."