The Adelaide United Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Adelaide United turn down Sydney FC for Joey Garuccio
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Craig Goodwin signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Craig Goodwin and Adelaide United agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bart Vriends wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Adelaide United know it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bart Vriends wants one last season at home
Every long career reaches the week the last one is thought about. He would like it to be where he started, and Adelaide United know now that the thought has arrived.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Josh Thomas
Adelaide United asked and Swansea City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Craig Goodwin 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
One of our own: Peter Gallagher joins the Adelaide United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Gallagher 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
Thomas Burns steps up from the Adelaide United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Burns 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
Adelaide United promote Grant Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Grant Mitchell 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.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Adelaide United
- Transfer targets A loan move for Alessandro Lopane is in the works
- The dugout Juan Muñiz knocks on the manager's door