The West Ham United Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
West Ham United say no — this time
The offer from Chelsea for Taty Castellanos 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Isaac Hayden is a West Ham United player
The fee is $2.4M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Queens Park Rangers drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Pavel Bucha would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Pavel Bucha is living that version at West Ham United, and it tends to show in the first month.
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Pavel Bucha joins West Ham United to strengthen the squad
Nobody sells a season ticket on a signing like this. Every manager who has been through a bad October wants one anyway, and West Ham United have gone and got theirs early.
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 John Cooper steps up from the West Ham United academy
- Boardroom West Ham United turn down the training-ground plan
- Squad No hiding place for Josh Landers
- Squad A hard first lesson for Pavel Bucha