The West Ham United Courier
Market23 Aug 2027
Christoph Klarer is a West Ham United player
The fee is $4.9M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Birmingham drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match21 Aug 2027
A bad afternoon for West Ham United against Bournemouth
1-2 to Bournemouth, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Nilson Angulo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
A promise the West Ham United board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
Market23 Aug 2027
West Ham United sign Thomas Ward, one for the future
Thomas Ward is 15, and West Ham United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market23 Aug 2027
West Ham United sign Joseph Green, one for the future
Joseph Green is 17, and West Ham United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market23 Aug 2027
West Ham United sign Matthew Shaw, one for the future
Matthew Shaw is 15, and West Ham United have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Mikel Merino knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at West Ham United, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The spotlight tightens on Mads Hermansen
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
In brief
- Squad Jean-Clair Todibo is off the mark for West Ham United
- Squad Mikel Merino has company in his position
- The terraces The press have found their man in Jean-Clair Todibo