Jake Nelson

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Melbourne Victory
18 Sep 2027
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The Melbourne Victory Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad24 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Melbourne Victory

Juan Mata 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.

Market24 Aug 2026

Ben Warland is a Melbourne Victory player

The fee is $69.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Brisbane Roar drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Joshua Inserra attracts admirers

The name of Joshua Inserra has come up in conversations Melbourne Victory were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Door shut on Papus Ouattara

Melbourne Victory asked and Grimsby Town said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Jordi Valadon falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Melbourne Victory try to borrow Tommy Barbarouses

Southern United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

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3 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Melbourne Victory go back to the board over Fabian Talladira

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $84.0K — a club that wants Fabian Talladira enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No deal for Fabian Talladira at that price

Melbourne Victory offered $78.0K; Adelaide United said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Noah Botic

Melbourne Victory asked and LASK said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Melbourne Victory

Jordi Valadon and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Melbourne Victory ask about Mason Melia

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

Squad17 Aug 2026

Harrison Shillington falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Liberato Rufer is a square peg at Melbourne Victory

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market17 Aug 2026

Noah James joins Melbourne Victory to strengthen the squad

Nobody sells a season ticket on a signing like this. Every manager who has been through a bad October wants one anyway, and Melbourne Victory have gone and got theirs early.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Competition arrives for Jason Davidson

A new face in his position and a shirt he thought he owned suddenly up for discussion. Melbourne Victory have promised nothing, which is what clubs promise at this stage.

In brief