The Adelaide United Chronicle
Market7 Sep 2026
Adelaide United turn down Central Coast Mariners for Vinko Stanisic
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market7 Sep 2026
Sotiri Phillis 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 The request is on a desk at Adelaide United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ethan Alagich is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A late step up for Jay Barnett
At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
155% of the income goes out in wages at Adelaide United
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Central Coast Mariners watching Ethan Cox
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Adelaide United have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
In brief
- Squad Tempers go at Adelaide United
- Squad The armband comes off Bart Vriends
- Market Jake Najdovski goes out on loan to play