The West Ham United Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at West Ham United
Taty Castellanos 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Soungoutou Magassa for 16 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. West Ham United will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Soungoutou Magassa signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Soungoutou Magassa commits to West Ham United for another 5 years.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at West Ham United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Manor Solomon 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.
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
West Ham United promote Steven Bell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven Bell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Luke Allen joins the West Ham United first team
- Market Nathan Carter steps up from the West Ham United academy
- Market West Ham United promote Nicholas Hughes from within
- Boardroom West Ham United spend it where nobody looks