The West Ham United Courier
Market14 Feb 2028
Quaresma puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at West Ham United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Feb 2028
Rafiu Durosinmi 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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at West Ham United
Mathys Tel 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
West Ham United baulk at the price for Jason Steele
Brighton wanted more than $92.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
Przemysław Płacheta will join West Ham United for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Przemysław Płacheta has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means West Ham United have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Portsmouth tell West Ham United: Harvey Blair 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
One of our own: Henry Reid joins the West Ham United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Henry Reid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Feb 2028
West Ham United promote John Marshall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. John Marshall 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.
Match12 Feb 2028
Leeds United take the points off West Ham United
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Player ratings Mathys Tel runs at them all day
- Squad Patrick Dorgu wants out of the dugout
- The dugout The manager’s verdict