The Adelaide United Chronicle
Squad14 Sep 2026
Anselmo damages knee ligaments — 103 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 103 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market14 Sep 2026
Ben Folami hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Adelaide United can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Wellington Phoenix deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Luke Duzel reports back to Adelaide United with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
No deal for Benjamin Mazzeo at that price
Adelaide United offered $340.0K; Melbourne City said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Wolverhampton tell Adelaide United: Nathan Fraser 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Adelaide United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Panagiotis Kikianis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Ethan Cox in it
- Squad Toby Sullivan back in training