The West Ham United Courier
Squad30 Jul 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Soungoutou Magassa
15 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. West Ham United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom30 Jul 2035
The silence upstairs is getting loud at West Ham United
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market30 Jul 2035
Keiber Lamadrid is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at West Ham United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market30 Jul 2035
Preston Fearon 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 West Ham United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad30 Jul 2035
Tempers go at West Ham United
Ethan Nwaneri 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.
Squad30 Jul 2035
Words at West Ham United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jarrod Bowen 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.
In brief
- Squad Simon Roberts is a better footballer than he was
- Market Ângelo wants European nights
- Market Brighton are about to pick up the phone