Caleb Lee

Central Defender - Melbourne City
15 Aug 2027
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48 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market28 Jun 2027

Melbourne City sell Benjamin Mazzeo for $500.0K

Benjamin Mazzeo has left for Wellington Phoenix in a $500.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Mathew Leckie is slowing down

At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Melbourne City rebuffed over Charbel Shamoon

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Perth Glory have kept their man, and Melbourne City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Transfer targets28 Jun 2027

Melbourne City try to borrow Abdulmajid Aminu

Barau have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Caleb Lee signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Caleb Lee and Melbourne City agree another 3 years.

The dugout28 Jun 2027

Aziz Behich gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Aziz Behich is on it.

Squad28 Jun 2027

Words at Melbourne City training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Nieuwenhuizen 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.

Market28 Jun 2027

Ben Warland placed on the list

Melbourne City have made Ben Warland available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

The dugout28 Jun 2027

The manager makes Marcus Younis a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Melbourne City. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Melbourne City Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Melbourne City make their move for Bubacarr Trawally

$940.0K on the table at Paide. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

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

Gabriel Cléùr turns down Melbourne City

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

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

An offer of $14.0K for Joey Garuccio

Melbourne City have gone to Adelaide United with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Brentford tell Melbourne City: Ethan Laidlaw 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.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Awer Mabil gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market10 Aug 2026

Eyes on Alessandro Lopane again

The phone has started ringing about Alessandro Lopane again, and this time the name on the line is Melbourne Victory. Melbourne City are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief