The Fulham Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Calvin Bassey moves on
PSV pay $47.4M, 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.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $47.4M sale of Calvin Bassey
He is going to PSV, the club has $47.4M it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Fulham
Bernd Leno and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Fulham
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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Jean-Philippe Mateta
Fulham asked and Crystal Palace said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market17 Aug 2026
Matthew Smith steps up from the Fulham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Matthew Smith has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Fulham promote Jonathan Watson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Watson 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Fulham promote Timothy Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timothy Bailey 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.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Fulham say no to the training-ground money
The plan went upstairs and came back down. Nothing about that will make a headline anywhere else, and everybody who works at the training ground will remember it for years.
In brief
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Emile Smith Rowe
- Squad Emiliano Marcondes still has not settled
- The dugout Emiliano Marcondes asks for a word with the manager