The Fulham Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Harrison Reed moves on
Preston pay $4.2M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market17 Aug 2026
Fulham say no — this time
The offer from Derby County for Issa Diop was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alex Iwobi in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Fulham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Nino Ziswiler gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Nino Ziswiler has just signed for Fulham, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Fulham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Sander Berge was immovable
21 times he got in the way of something. Centre-halves get written about when they make mistakes and ignored when they do not, so an afternoon like this needs saying out loud: he is the reason the scoreline reads as it does.
Market17 Aug 2026
Andrew Bailey steps up from the Fulham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrew Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Jack Howard steps up from the Fulham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Howard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Fulham training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kenny Tete is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Joachim Andersen
- Player ratings Nothing got past Calvin Bassey
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Fulham