Alex Sutton

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18 Sep 2026
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The Auckland City Post

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Mahmudu Bajo

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Auckland City have done the hard part with Crvena Zvezda, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

David Yoo in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Auckland City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Auckland City rebuffed over Zakka John

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Spartak Subotica have kept their man, and Auckland City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Angus Kilkolly attracts admirers

The name of Angus Kilkolly has come up in conversations Auckland City were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

A row about effort at Auckland City

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Regont Murati was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Auckland City ask about Vasilije Kostov

A loan enquiry to Crvena Zvezda: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Zakka John is in the works

Auckland City have made the call to Spartak Subotica. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Squad

Alex Sutton signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alex Sutton commits to Auckland City for another 3 years.

Market

The Jordan Vale conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Waitakere United will make the call about Jordan Vale this week. Auckland City have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

In brief