The Western Sydney Wanderers Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Macarthur FC come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Western Sydney Wanderers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Michael Ruhs gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Michael Ruhs has just signed for Western Sydney Wanderers, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Angus Thurgate signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Angus Thurgate commits to Western Sydney Wanderers for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Western Sydney Wanderers
Angus Thurgate 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar tell Western Sydney Wanderers: Ben Warland 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
A row about effort at Western Sydney Wanderers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Luke Brattan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Connor Turner steps up from the Western Sydney Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Connor Turner 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
One of our own: Jordan Johnston joins the Western Sydney Wanderers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jordan Johnston 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
Ethan Baker steps up from the Western Sydney Wanderers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ethan Baker 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
- Transfer targets Western Sydney Wanderers try to borrow Valentín Luciani
- Transfer targets Western Sydney Wanderers try to borrow Lawrence Wong
- The dugout Jarrod Carluccio keeps his manager's vote