The Sydney FC Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sydney FC rebuffed over Jordan Kadiri
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dender have kept their man, and Sydney FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Oscar Maritu at that price
Sydney FC offered $1.6M; Yunnan Yukun said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sydney FC
Takahiro Sekine was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Abel Walatee signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abel Walatee commits to Sydney FC for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sydney FC promote Bryce Craig from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bryce Craig has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Nathan Thomas joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nathan Thomas is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Connor Stewart steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Connor Stewart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Noah McDonald steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Noah McDonald has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and Sydney FC are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout Rhys Youlley knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A season on the outside for Filip Kurto
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Takahiro Sekine