The Auckland City Post
Market14 Sep 2026
Adam Mitchell asks to leave Auckland City
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Luca Williams-Barnett turns down Auckland City
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Tottenham keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Auckland City
David Yoo and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Tottenham tell Auckland City: Luca Williams-Barnett 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Matt Ellis 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Mario Ilich story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mario Ilich signs something — a contract at Auckland City or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Squad Mariano Barreda walks taller at Auckland City
- Market The shop window has Reon Werahiko in it
- Squad Callum Lewis back in training