The Crewe Alexandra Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra make their move for Isaac Price
$8.2M on the table at West Bromwich Albion. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Crewe Alexandra baulk at the price for Luke Thomas
Leicester City wanted more than $5.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jeffrey Schlupp signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jeffrey Schlupp commits to Crewe Alexandra for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Crewe Alexandra
Jeffrey Schlupp and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Olympique Lyonnais tell Crewe Alexandra: Lassine Diarra 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Joseph Russell joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Russell 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
One of our own: George Clarke joins the Crewe Alexandra first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Clarke 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
Crewe Alexandra promote Simon Grant from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Grant 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
Crewe Alexandra promote Jacob Walker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Walker 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 Jeffrey Schlupp needs a bigger stage
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Crewe Alexandra
- Looking ahead Mickey Demetriou faces his old club