The West Ham United Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Soungoutou Magassa moves on
Liverpool pay $20.1M, 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Josh Dasilva gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Josh Dasilva has just signed for West Ham United, and for once the answer mattered.
Market17 Aug 2026
Josh Dasilva arrives at West Ham United as the heir apparent
Every dressing room knows how to read a signing like this one. Josh Dasilva is not here to sit and wait indefinitely, and the man whose place he has been bought to take knows it better than anyone.
Market17 Aug 2026
West Ham United say no — this time
The offer from Milton Keynes Dons for Joshua Ajala 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
Tempers go at West Ham United
Axel Disasi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at West Ham United
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.
In brief
- Market Peter Hamilton steps up from the West Ham United academy
- Squad Daniel Cummings stays put
- Squad No hiding place for Gabriel Caliste
- Boardroom West Ham United spend it where nobody looks