The Melbourne City Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aziz Behich stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aziz Behich and Melbourne City agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Melbourne City
Matheus Rossetto 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Melbourne City rebuffed over Jacob Farrell
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Portsmouth have kept their man, and Melbourne City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Nathaniel Atkinson 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Melbourne City and Patrick Beach
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Awer Mabil 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 City, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market 24 months and counting on Takeshi Kanamori
- Market Benjamin Mazzeo told to find a new club
- Squad Aziz Behich handed the armband
- Market Lawrence Wong’s agent stirs the pot again