The Sydney FC Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Liam Cullen
Sydney FC and Swansea City have settled on $15.1M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gabriel Cléùr gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Gabriel Cléùr has just signed for Sydney FC, and for once the answer mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Auckland City come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Sydney FC did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sydney FC go back to the board over Liam Cullen
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $18.6M — a club that wants Liam Cullen enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Sydney FC
Takahiro Sekine 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Perth Glory tell Sydney FC: Charbel Shamoon 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
Abel Walatee signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abel Walatee commits to Sydney FC for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sydney FC promote Cameron Phillips from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cameron Phillips 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
Luke Webb steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Webb 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
- Market Sydney FC promote Harrison McGrath from within
- Squad Sydney FC are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Alexandar Popovic asks for a word with the manager