David Bennett

Defensive Midfielder - Free Agent
13 Sep 2028
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Marked for David Bennett

109 Edition

The West Ham United Courier

28 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad28 Aug 2028

A one-man rearguard from Bart Verbruggen

There were 13 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

Crysencio Summerville runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Bart Verbruggen 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 West Ham United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

A masterclass from Taty Castellanos

Marked 8.43 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad28 Aug 2028

No hiding place for Kyle Walker-Peters

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kyle Walker-Peters, and the manager let it.

Match26 Aug 2028

Taty Castellanos rescues a point for West Ham United

It needed Taty Castellanos to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Nottingham Forest, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.

Market28 Aug 2028

The Bart Verbruggen question follows West Ham United around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Bart Verbruggen’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Player ratings28 Aug 2028

Jarrod Bowen leaves them behind him

Shots: 6. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Squad28 Aug 2028

Tomáš Souček asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
98 Edition

The West Ham United Courier

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad12 Jun 2028

Niclas Füllkrug keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” West Ham United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market12 Jun 2028

Mads Hermansen wants more than West Ham United are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Tempers go at West Ham United

Bart Verbruggen 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.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Pablo Felipe stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Pablo Felipe and West Ham United agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad12 Jun 2028

West Ham United lose David Bennett

14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Market12 Jun 2028

Konstantinos Mavropanos told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Konstantinos Mavropanos has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at West Ham United.

In brief

94 Edition

The West Ham United Courier

15 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad15 May 2028

Tempers go at West Ham United

Bart Verbruggen 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.

Squad15 May 2028

David Bennett out for 51 days

The medical room confirms 51 days on the sidelines for David Bennett, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad15 May 2028

Home is on Tamás Nikitscher's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; West Ham United are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief