Midfielder Divine Mukasa joined West Ham United on a season-long loan from Manchester City in August 2026, reuniting him with the Club where he spent a decade as a schoolboy.

An England U19 international, Mukasa was born in Newham and joined the Academy of Football at the age of six. He made his U18s debut at the age of 14, then made his U21s debut and was part of the 2023 FA Youth Cup-winning squad at 15.

Mukasa joined Manchester City in August 2023 and has appeared six times for the first team. He has played twice in the Premier League, including once against the Hammers last season, and registered assists in both the FA Cup and EFL Cup. He had a loan spell in the EFL Championship with Leicester City in the second half of 2025/26,

Career

2026/27

Joined West Ham United on a season-long loan from Manchester City on 21 August 2026.

Before West Ham

Born in the London Borough of Newham on 22 August 2007....Mother Laime is from Lithuania and his father Sam is from Uganda...Began playing football for grassroots club Euro Dagenham FC before joining West Ham United’s Academy of Football at the age of five in 2006...Developed through the age-groups at the Academy of Football...Made an assist on his debut for the U18s in a 4-1 U18 Premier League South win over Southampton in August 2022, aged just 14...Made his full U18s debut the following weekend in a 5-4 victory at Fulham...Featured nine times as West Ham United won the 2022/23 U18 Premier League South title...Made his U21s debut in a Premier League International Cup tie against AS Monaco in February 2023...Named on the substitutes’ bench for the FA Youth Cup final win over Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in April 2023, aged just 15 years and eight months...Joined Manchester City in September 2023, weeks after turning 16...Appeared 20 times as a first-year scholar, including a start in the 2024 FA Youth Cup final win over Leeds United...The following season, 2024/25, Mukasa registered six assists and a goal as Manchester City reached the FA Youth Cup final again and finished as runners-up to Aston Villa...Registered an incredible 16 goals and 15 assists as Manchester City won U18 Premier League North, and also appeared as the U21s defeated Southampton to win the Premier League 2 National Final...Created a goal for Phil Foden on his first-team debut for Manchester City in an EFL Cup win at Huddersfield Town on 24 September 2025, aged 18 years and one month...Bagged a hat-trick in a UEFA Youth League win over Bayer Leverkusen in November 2025...Made his Premier League debut as a substitute in a home win over West Ham United on 20 December 2025, and also featured off the bench in a derby win over Manchester United at Old Trafford on 17 January this year...Named in four matchday squads in the UEFA Champions League and nine other Premier League games last season, and provided an assist in a record 10-1 FA Cup third-round win over Exeter City in January...Spent the second half of the 2025/26 season on loan at Leicester City in the EFL Championship, scoring and assisting on his second and third appearances against Southampton and Stoke City and adding another assist on his fourth against Middlesbrough...Appeared for England at every level from U16 to U19, winning 36 caps, scoring ten goals and registering five assists...Managed by one-time West Ham United Academy coach Greg Lincoln for England U16 and U17s, helping the latter reach the 2024 UEFA European Under-17 Championship quarter-finals in Cyprus.

Honours

Club Honours

West Ham United

FA Youth Cup (2023) U18 Premier League South (2022/23)

Manchester City

FA Youth Cup (2024) U18 Premier League North (2024/25)