The Adelaide United Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Melbourne Victory come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Adelaide United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market24 Aug 2026
Adelaide United get their man
The chase for Alessandro Lopane ended with $270.0K changing hands and Melbourne City out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Melbourne City tell Adelaide United: Lawrence Wong is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Adelaide United lose Ben Folami
35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market24 Aug 2026
Sydney FC join the queue for Vinko Stanisic
Add another name to the list: Sydney FC have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Vinko Stanisic. The answer from Adelaide United has not changed — yet.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Adelaide United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Panagiotis Kikianis 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
- Squad Tempers go at Adelaide United
- Squad Alessandro Lopane signs the deal of his life
- Market Ethan Cox's people are making calls
- The dugout Jay Barnett keeps his manager's vote