The Auckland FC Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Oumar Diouf rejects the move
Auckland FC had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sint-Truiden, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Auckland FC
Louis Verstraete and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Adama Coulibaly is a Auckland FC player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jake Brimmer signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jake Brimmer commits to Auckland FC for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC rebuffed over Lee Young-Jun
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Grasshopper have kept their man, and Auckland FC go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Auckland FC promote Cameron Murphy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cameron Murphy 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
One of our own: Eli Wright joins the Auckland FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Eli Wright 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
Auckland FC promote Alex Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alex Bailey 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Jake Brimmer
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jake Brimmer, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Austin Ayoubi behind
- Transfer targets Auckland FC try to borrow Sami Bouhoudane
- Squad Jesse Randall wants to know why he earns less