Fulham signed Calvin Bassey from Ajax in July 2023. In his first interview, the centre-back got all the customary lines about his excitement out the way before adding: “It’s a London club as well, so it’s always a plus to go home.”
Bassey may have been born in Aosta in northwest Italy and now represent Nigeria internationally, but he grew up in Newham and is now back living in the city that made him.
