West Ham United can confirm that Ben Johnson and Divin Mubama will leave the Club when their respective contracts expire at midnight on 30 June 2024.
Academy of Football graduate Johnson departs after 17 years as a West Ham player, having originally joined the Club as a seven-year-old schoolboy.
The versatile Johnson turned professional in 2018, made his Premier League debut at Manchester City in February 2019 and has since gone on to make 109 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals.
The 24-year-old appeared eight times in West Ham’s run to the UEFA Europa League semi-finals in 2021/22, including all six knockout ties, and started eight games as the Hammers won the UEFA Europa Conference League in June 2023. He then won the UEFA European U21 Championship with England the following month.
Johnson was part of the triumphant squad in Prague, as was 19-year-old forward and fellow Academy graduate Mubama.
The Newham-born striker has appeared 18 times for the first team, debuting in a UEFA Europa Conference League group-stage win at FCSB in Romania in November 2022 and scoring his first and only senior goal in a round of 16 victory over AEK Larnaca at London Stadium in the same competition in March 2023.
Mubama was also part of the Academy’s FA Youth Cup and U18 Premier League South double-winning squad in 2022/23, and ended the campaign by being named Mark Noble Young Hammer of the Year. He was also capped by England at every age-group level from U15 to U20.
West Ham United would like to thank Ben and Divin for their hard work and commitment during their careers in Claret and Blue and wish them the very best in the future.
