Jan Bednarek opens up on rejecting deadline day West Ham move

Jan Bednarek opens up on rejecting West Ham

The 42-capped Poland international will be plying his trade at Aston Villa this season.

And when speaking to The Independent, Bednarek explained how he had a choice between West Ham and Villa on deadline day:

“It was an emotional day. One minute I am going to West Ham, another minute Villa. There were a lot of conversations with Southampton and all the managers. I ended up at Villa and I’m really happy with the decision. It was a good decision. It wasn’t easy because if you have another option you have to take the decision like an adult and this is real life. It was a tough problem but a good problem. I’m really happy I have these issues in my life, that I have to choose between two Premier League teams.”

We’re just thankful that Craig Dawson remained at West Ham in the end.

It would obviously have been very hard to convince someone to join, knowing that they would be fifth choice centre-back at the London Stadium.

That was obviously the reason why Jan Bednarek opted to join Villa instead of West Ham.

He’ll be a regular starter under Steven Gerrard at Villa Park.

And he wouldn’t have been anywhere near that at West Ham under David Moyes.

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