The Melbourne City Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$1.4M settles it between the clubs for Sam Sutton
Perth Glory have accepted the money. What Melbourne City do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Market10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Melbourne City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Sere Matsumura rejects the move
Melbourne City had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Shonan Bellmare, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Awer Mabil signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Awer Mabil and Melbourne City agree another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Melbourne City
Patrick Beach and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Jacob Farrell
Melbourne City asked and Portsmouth said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Melbourne City promote Patrick Harper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Harper 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
Bryce Ryan steps up from the Melbourne City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bryce Ryan 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
Melbourne City promote Archie Moore from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Archie Moore 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Melbourne City try to borrow Hayden Matthews
- The dugout Max Caputo gets it from the manager
- The dugout Awer Mabil asks for a word with the manager