The Sydney FC Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ammar Ramadan
Sydney FC asked and DAC Dunajska Streda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $720.0K for Takeshi Kanamori
Sydney FC have gone to Melbourne City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
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.
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 Connor Robertson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Connor Robertson 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
Sydney FC promote Tristan Taylor from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tristan Taylor 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
Sydney FC promote Ryan Nelson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Nelson 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
One of our own: Flynn Williams joins the Sydney FC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Flynn Williams is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
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 6 new faces, and Sydney FC are still learning each other
- Squad Takahiro Sekine remains an outsider
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Takahiro Sekine