The AFC Wimbledon Herald
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
AFC Wimbledon make their move for Tatsuhiro Sakamoto
$4.2M on the table at Coventry City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Matty Stevens: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AFC Wimbledon have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market14 Jun 2027
Ethan Sutcliffe hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AFC Wimbledon can pretend not to have heard.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Omari Benjamin is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market14 Jun 2027
Rhys Williams wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at AFC Wimbledon hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Sunderland tell AFC Wimbledon: Trai Hume is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Finley McAllister 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 AFC Wimbledon this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market14 Jun 2027
AFC Wimbledon promote David Richardson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Richardson 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
AFC Wimbledon promote Jack Foster from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Foster 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
- The dugout Jota knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout No hiding place for Luca Pausé
- Squad No place for Jacob Parsons in the new shape