Bonga Mkhize

Central Midfielder - Melbourne Victory
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Marked for Bonga Mkhize

61 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad27 Sep 2027

The knee: Jesse Baker out for 14 days

14 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Melbourne Victory lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Jordi Valadon falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Israel Boatwright wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Melbourne Victory can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Bonga Mkhize signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bonga Mkhize commits to Melbourne Victory for another 3 years.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

Joshua Rawlins has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne Victory will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

No hiding place for Xavier Stella

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Xavier Stella, and the manager let it.

In brief

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52 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Melbourne Victory agree $97.0K for Luka Vicelich

The clubs have shaken hands with Auckland FC; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Rento Takaoka turns down Melbourne Victory

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Southampton keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

Melbourne Victory rebuffed over Mick Crnac

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Nafta 1903 have kept their man, and Melbourne Victory go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordi Valadon 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.

Squad26 Jul 2027

Israel Boatwright wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Melbourne Victory can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

Squad26 Jul 2027

A falling-out at Melbourne Victory

Walter Scott and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets26 Jul 2027

A loan move for Kasey Bos is in the works

Melbourne Victory have made the call to Mainz 05. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout26 Jul 2027

Santos has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne Victory will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Market26 Jul 2027

Joshua Inserra placed on the list

Melbourne Victory have made Joshua Inserra available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

44 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces31 May 2027

The mood at Melbourne Victory has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad31 May 2027

Charles Nduka in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Melbourne Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 May 2027

Bonga Mkhize arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Bonga Mkhize has, at Melbourne Victory, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Squad31 May 2027

Home is on Israel Boatwright's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Melbourne Victory are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

The dugout31 May 2027

Franco Lino has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Melbourne Victory will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad31 May 2027

Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lulama Nxumalo 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.

The dugout31 May 2027

No hiding place for Massimo Saliszewski

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Massimo Saliszewski, and the manager let it.

The dugout31 May 2027

Joshua Inserra knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Melbourne Victory, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market31 May 2027

Melbourne Victory shop where it costs nothing

Bonga Mkhize signs, and the fee column stays empty. Deals like this look small in July and clever by March — or they are never mentioned again.

In brief