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Bowen was appointed as Reading manager after Jose Gomes was sacked from his position last week, which the former Welsh international insists he had no hand in. “I got a phone call [after the Bristol City game] that the decision had been made by the owner and his associates,” Bowen told ��ѿ��ý Radio Berkshire’s Tim Dellor. “I was then asked to go through the process of drawing up a list of candidates. “I’d already spoken to two or three candidates in that process, so it hardly rings true as someone who thinks the job’s going to come to me. “I got a phone call over the weekend…saying the owner had had a look of things and probably wants as little disruption as possible. “So he’s put to me that the least obtrusive way of doing things is: ‘Would you like the job?’.” And Bowen said that he’s confident the current squad is good enough to climb the table. “Do I think this squad can still achieve promotion, whether it be automatic or through the play-offs? Yes, absolutely. “It starts this Saturday.”