The Adelaide United Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Brisbane Roar come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Adelaide United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Adelaide United go back to the board over Beckham Baker
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.0K — a club that wants Beckham Baker enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Adelaide United baulk at the price for Beckham Baker
Melbourne City wanted more than $9.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Wellington Phoenix tell Adelaide United: Isaac Hughes 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Adelaide United
Ryan Kitto was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Adelaide United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ajak Riak was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad Jay Barnett is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad Welcome back, Jack Griffin