The Sydney FC Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$170.0K settles it between the clubs for Medin Memeti
Melbourne City have accepted the money. What Sydney FC do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
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
Sydney FC bid $14.0K for Vinko Stanisic
The offer went to Adelaide United this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
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
Dylan McGrath steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dylan McGrath 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Rory Taylor joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rory Taylor 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: Patrick Shaw joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Shaw 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
Callum Byrne steps up from the Sydney FC academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Callum Byrne 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Rhys Youlley
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Sydney FC are still learning each other
- Squad An aura around Takahiro Sekine
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Takahiro Sekine