Bernd Leno

Goalkeeper - Fulham
12 Nov 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Bernd Leno

67 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Cup progress for Fulham

A 2‑0 win over Bristol City, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?

The dugout

Cameron Archer keeps the receipts

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

Market

Sander Berge 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 Fulham can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Fulham may not be able to give Micky van de Ven what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Micky van de Ven wants continental football; whether Fulham can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Bernd Leno 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.

Squad

A quiet fortnight at Fulham

With 7 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.

Player ratings

Mathias Jørgensen in the eights

A performance of 8.36 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Micky van de Ven takes the honours

Marked 7.81 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Fulham had the best player on the pitch.

The dugout

Paul Hunter on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Paul Hunter after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

In brief

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62 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

4 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Luke Harris 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 The request is on a desk at Fulham, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Bernd Leno signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bernd Leno and Fulham agree another 2 years.

Squad

A quiet fortnight at Fulham

With 8 players away on international duty the sessions are small and the manager can actually hear himself. It is the one break in the season, and it never quite feels like one.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Kevin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Home is on Ole Romeny'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; Fulham are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Match

Two points walk out of the ground

Level with 89 minutes on the clock, after an afternoon Fulham had all but put away. Arsenal will call it a point earned; the home dressing room will call it two given away, and both of them are right.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ryan Sessegnon

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Pascal Loretz 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 Fulham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Tom Wingate has seen enough of Walsall

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Fulham, and 0 appearances in 15 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

60 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Bernd Leno 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 Fulham this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The dugout

No hiding place for Bernd Leno

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

Match

Fulham come up short against Chelsea

Chelsea left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings

Ryan Sessegnon in the eights

A performance of 8.28 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 1‑2 defeat, delivered by Paul Hunter to a room that had heard them before.

Squad

A smaller club would suit Cameron Archer now

He has had enough of the noise. Whether Fulham can be a quieter place for him, or whether the only cure is a move somewhere the phone-ins are gentler, is a question for the next few months.

The terraces

The glare is on Bernd Leno

Every touch weighed, every quote parsed, every mistake replayed. Some players grow into that; some are quietly finished by it; nobody knows which until afterwards.

The dugout

When it matters, Oscar Bobb plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

Sheyi Ojo told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sheyi Ojo has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Fulham.

In brief

53 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

2 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Benjamin Lecomte damages knee ligaments — 136 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 136 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

David Affengruber has said yes to Gillingham

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Fulham have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Fulham turn down Oldham Athletic for Tom Cairney

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

A falling-out at Fulham

Bernd Leno and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

David Affengruber wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Fulham hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

Transfer targets

Fulham rebuffed over Mamadou Doumbia

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stoke City have kept their man, and Fulham go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad

Ole Romeny wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Fulham know it.

Squad

7 new faces, and Fulham are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

When it matters, David Affengruber plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

41 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

10 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Gonzalo 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 Fulham, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Fulham may not be able to give Joachim Andersen what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Joachim Andersen wants continental football; whether Fulham can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

Match

Fulham cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

The dugout

No hiding place for Bernd Leno

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

Match

Sunderland take the points off Fulham

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Pascal Loretz 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.

The dugout

Paul Hunter answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

The dugout

Joachim Andersen does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

Market

Calvin Bassey linked with a move away

The name of Calvin Bassey keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Fulham say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

38 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Bernd Leno stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Cristhian Mosquera 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.

Match

Emile Smith Rowe the difference as Fulham beat Brentford

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Emile Smith Rowe. 3‑1 against Brentford, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

The terraces

One of their own: Cristhian Mosquera

He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Player ratings

Ryan Sessegnon was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Player ratings

Emile Smith Rowe was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.30. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

Cristhian Mosquera was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.13. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Gonzalo

Marked 8.09 — 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.

Squad

Aidan Evans stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Aidan Evans and Fulham agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

  • The dugout The manager makes an example of Tom Cairney
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout Kevin left out for tactical reasons at Fulham
36 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

5 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sander Berge 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 Fulham can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings

A brace, and Emile Smith Rowe takes the afternoon — 8.42

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Emile Smith Rowe provided it, and the 8.42 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Squad

Aidan Evans is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 18 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

The dugout

No hiding place for Emile Smith Rowe

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Emile Smith Rowe, and the manager let it.

Match

Emile Smith Rowe the difference as Fulham beat Crystal Palace

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Emile Smith Rowe. 2‑0 against Crystal Palace, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

Ryan Sessegnon in the eights

A performance of 8.16 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Ole Romeny wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Fulham know it.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Paul Hunter kept it short after the 2‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout

Rodrigo Muniz knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Rodrigo Muniz trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

32 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

8 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

The wait goes on for Fulham

9 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.

Market

Sander Berge 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 Fulham can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

A career in one shirt: Tom Cairney

11 seasons and 495 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.

Market

Joachim Andersen wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Squad

Bernd Leno signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bernd Leno and Fulham agree another 2 years.

Squad

Home is on Rodrigo Muniz'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; Fulham are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Match

Fulham cannot find the net

3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.

Match

Manchester United take the points off Fulham

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Kenny Tete gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

  • Squad Words exchanged at Fulham
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Player ratings Ryan Sessegnon beats them one at a time
22 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Hugo Larsson out for 73 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Fulham will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Match

No end in sight to Fulham's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Fulham has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Bernd Leno 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.

Player ratings

A goal and an assist for Emile Smith Rowe — 7.93

Involvement in 2 goals, from a player who spent the ninety minutes doing the thing a manager actually wants: being where the ball was going to end up. 7.93 beside his name.

The dugout

No hiding place for Kevin

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

Match

Rodrigo Muniz answers Sunderland immediately

Conceding is one thing; the response is what tells you about a dressing room. Rodrigo Muniz had Fulham level again within 4 minutes, and Sunderland never got to play with a lead at all.

Player ratings

Samuel Chukwueze beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Fulham and Sunderland take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

Squad

Jorge Cuenca has had enough of the noise

The ambition story running backwards, and the one nobody tells: a footballer who wants a smaller ground, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is rarely reported as anything else.

In brief

19 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

96 days out for Hugo Larsson after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Fulham will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match

Fulham find a way past Burnley

Burnley made Fulham work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Gonzalo

At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Player ratings

Ninety minutes of Samuel Chukwueze at his very best

Marked 8.45. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Fulham.

Squad

Words exchanged at Fulham

Oscar Bobb 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.

Squad

Camilo Mayada signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Camilo Mayada commits to Fulham for another 1 years.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Paul Hunter kept it short after the 2‑1 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Bernd Leno

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

The dugout

Kevin does not fit this one

Ninety specific minutes wanted a different sort of player, and the manager picked one. He is not out of form and he is not in the side, and both are true.

In brief

14 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

A hiding for Fulham

Beaten 0‑4 by Manchester United, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Squad

Bernd Leno stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Market

Joachim Andersen raises the bar for Fulham

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Fulham heard it as anything else.

The dugout

No hiding place for Joachim Andersen

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

Market

Jorge Cuenca told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Jorge Cuenca has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Fulham.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Fulham dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout

Paul Hunter faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Paul Hunter after 0‑4, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad

Kaye Furo makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Squad

Bookings catch up with Calvin Bassey

One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Fulham will feel it on Saturday.

In brief

12 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Real improvement from Jonah Kusi-Asare at Fulham

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jonah Kusi-Asare is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

The dugout

No hiding place for Bernd Leno

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

Match

Tottenham take the points off Fulham

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Late improvement for David Affengruber

At 25 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.

Squad

A falling-out at Fulham

Oscar Bobb and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑2 Paul Hunter left the room before anybody could ask which.

Player ratings

Kevin runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 15. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout

Emile Smith Rowe knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Emile Smith Rowe trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The terraces

The glare is on Bernd Leno

Every touch weighed, every quote parsed, every mistake replayed. Some players grow into that; some are quietly finished by it; nobody knows which until afterwards.

In brief

8 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

8 saves: Bernd Leno was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 8 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Squad

The step up is real for Jonah Kusi-Asare

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Emile Smith Rowe 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.

The terraces

Fulham supporters have found a favourite in Oscar Bobb

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Oscar Bobb has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Rodrigo Muniz the difference as Fulham beat Brighton

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Rodrigo Muniz. 1‑0 against Brighton, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Antonee Robinson

Defensive actions: 18. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

The dugout

Sander Berge is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Paul Hunter kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

Market

The shop window has Jorge Cuenca in it

Fulham have let the market know Jorge Cuenca can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

6 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Joachim Andersen 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 Fulham can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

Fulham close the window on a squad of their own making

8 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

Fulham plan ahead with Pascal Loretz from Luzern

The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Pascal Loretz comes from Luzern for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Lewis Bate

Fulham asked and Stockport County said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Oscar Bobb 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.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Fulham

5 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Squad

David Affengruber is no longer first choice

The manager has re-ordered his thinking and David Affengruber has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.

Squad

Fulham take the armband off Bernd Leno

It will be explained as a change for the team and it may even be one. Nobody who has worn one believes that, and neither does the man who has just had it taken away.

The dugout

Jorge Cuenca 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

4 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets

Fulham bid $4.5M for Pascal Loretz

The offer went to Luzern this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Nestory Irankunda rejects the move

Fulham had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Watford, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Market

Business is business: Alex Borto goes

Colchester United paid $43.0K and Fulham took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Transfer targets

Fulham rebuffed over Nana Boakye

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brann have kept their man, and Fulham go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Bernd Leno

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Leeds United take the points off Fulham

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A falling-out at Fulham

Oscar Bobb and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout

Paul Hunter answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Ryan Sessegnon

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

In brief

1 Edition

The Fulham Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Fulham turn down Borussia Dortmund for Antonee Robinson

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Fulham bid $3.6M for Diego Enríquez

The offer went to Sporting Cristal this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad

Tom Cairney has been here 11 seasons

486 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Market

Joachim Andersen raises the bar for Fulham

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Fulham heard it as anything else.

Squad

Calvin Bassey signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Calvin Bassey and Fulham agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Fulham

Joachim Andersen 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.

Market

Plymouth Argyle join the queue for Josh King

Add another name to the list: Plymouth Argyle have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Josh King. The answer from Fulham has not changed — yet.

Market

The clock runs on Bernd Leno's contract

24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad

Words at Fulham training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Timothy Castagne 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