The Leyton Orient Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient say no — this time
The offer from Rotherham United for Charlie Wellens was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient go back to the board over Micah Hamilton
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $481.2K — a club that wants Micah Hamilton enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lamin Sillah is a medical away from Leyton Orient
The deal with Nottingham Forest is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Gustaf Nilsson turns down Leyton Orient
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Club Brugge keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient make their move for Micah Hamilton
$410.0K on the table at Middlesbrough. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dom Ballard signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dom Ballard and Leyton Orient agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Leyton Orient
Isaac Hayden and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Dylan Levitt
Still no offer on the table, and Dylan Levitt’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Roberto Martínez behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Leyton Orient will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- The dugout Dom Ballard knocks on the manager's door
- Market Talks stall between Leyton Orient and Tennai Watson
- Market Tom James told to find a new club