The Melbourne Victory Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Michael Ruhs due for a Melbourne Victory medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ethan Laidlaw turns down Melbourne Victory
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Brentford keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Denis Genreau signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Denis Genreau commits to Melbourne Victory for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Pogon tell Melbourne Victory: Paul Mukairu 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Melbourne Victory
Juan Mata 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cameron Cook gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Cameron Cook has just signed for Melbourne Victory, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Toby Mitchell joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Toby Mitchell 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
Melbourne Victory promote Owen King from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen King 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
Patrick Robertson steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Robertson 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.
In brief
- Market Melbourne Victory promote Hayden Henderson from within
- Transfer targets Melbourne Victory try to borrow Josh Thomas
- The dugout Denis Genreau knocks on the manager's door