The Auckland City Post
Market7 Sep 2026
Auckland City say no — this time
The offer from Canterbury United for Nathan Lobo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 14 in, 2 out at Auckland City
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 14 arrived, 2 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Auckland City
Vasilije Kostov 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 targets7 Sep 2026
Gimnàstic tell Auckland City: Alejandro Almaraz 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Auckland City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Matt Ellis 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Auckland City have started building around Mariano Barreda
He used to be one of the options. He is now one of the men the options are picked around, and the change happened quietly enough that only the dressing room noticed on the day.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Vasilije Kostov walks taller at Auckland City
His past walked in ahead of him. Players who have been where he has been get a hearing in a dressing room before they have earned one, and he has it for as long as his form does.
Market7 Sep 2026
Auckland City put Manraj Singh up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Manraj Singh may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market7 Sep 2026
The market said no: Angus Kilkolly stays put
Auckland City opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Angus Kilkolly stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.
In brief
- Market The Alfie Rogers question follows Auckland City around
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Mariano Barreda