Adelaide United U18

Australian A-League U18
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process
7 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

88 days out for Juan Muñiz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Adelaide United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Real improvement from Jonny Yull at Adelaide United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jonny Yull is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market

Fabian Talladira has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Adelaide United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

A falling-out at Adelaide United

Juan Muñiz and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Ajak Riak has improved at 25, which nobody expected

Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.

Loan watch

Max Vartuli has seen enough of Macarthur FC

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Adelaide United, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

Back issues
6 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Juan Muñiz out for 95 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Adelaide United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Boardroom

Deadline passes with 15 signed and 5 gone

That is the business done at Adelaide United until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets

Adam Žulevič is a medical away from Adelaide United

The deal with Genoa is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

The step up is real for Alessandro Lopane

At 22 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

Juan Muñiz 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

No deal for Joshua Rawlins at that price

Adelaide United offered $18.0K; Melbourne Victory 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.

In brief

5 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

103 days out for Juan Muñiz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Adelaide United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Fabian Talladira agrees terms with Newcastle Jets

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Adelaide United people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market

Central Coast Mariners come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Adelaide United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Tempers go at Adelaide United

Joshua Smits 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 targets

Too dear: Adelaide United walk away from Hosine Bility

$64.0K was the most the club would pay and Brisbane Roar were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Market

Adelaide United sell Vinko Stanisic for $12.0K

Vinko Stanisic has left for Brisbane Roar in a $12.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

In brief

4 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Juan Muñiz out for 110 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Adelaide United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Adelaide United say no — this time

The offer from Sydney FC for Bailey O'Neil was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Words exchanged at Adelaide United

Joshua Smits 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 targets

An offer of $64.0K for Hosine Bility

Adelaide United have gone to Brisbane Roar 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.

Transfer targets

Too dear: Adelaide United walk away from Charbel Shamoon

$22.0K was the most the club would pay and Perth Glory were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Transfer targets

Lecce tell Adelaide United: Nemanja Milojević 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.

Market

Central Coast Mariners join the queue for Sotiri Phillis

Add another name to the list: Central Coast Mariners have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Sotiri Phillis. The answer from Adelaide United has not changed — yet.

Squad

A row about effort at Adelaide United

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

Squad

A muscle injury and 15 days out for Eli Adams

The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Adelaide United will quote 15 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.

In brief

3 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

117 days out for Juan Muñiz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Adelaide United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Adelaide United say no — this time

The offer from Central Coast Mariners for Jay Barnett was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Alessandro Lopane is a Adelaide United player

The fee is $170.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Melbourne City drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Squad

A falling-out at Adelaide United

Joshua Smits and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Market

Craig Goodwin moves on

Brisbane Roar pay $360.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Transfer targets

Adelaide United rebuffed over Benjamin Mazzeo

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

In brief

  • Transfer targets A loan move for Eli Adams is in the works
  • Squad Somebody is after Juan Muñiz’s shirt
  • Squad Ethan Cox is not doing himself any favours
  • The dugout Ryan White keeps his manager's vote
2 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

125 days out for Juan Muñiz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Adelaide United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Not going: Amlani Tatu stays at Adelaide United

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Central Coast Mariners had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market

Adelaide United say no — this time

The offer from Wellington Phoenix for Vinko Stanisic was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Squad

Craig Goodwin signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Craig Goodwin and Adelaide United agree another 1 years.

Squad

Craig Goodwin 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 Adelaide United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

An offer of $160.0K for Alessandro Lopane

Adelaide United 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.

Market

The Craig Goodwin conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Brisbane Roar will make the call about Craig Goodwin this week. Adelaide United have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Market

Adelaide United promote Thomas Reynolds from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Reynolds 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.

The dugout

Panagiotis Kikianis gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

1 Edition

The Adelaide United Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

132 days out for Juan Muñiz after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Adelaide United will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Squad

Ryan Kitto: 11 seasons and counting

312 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Adelaide United know exactly what they have.

Transfer targets

Kosta Barbarouses due for a Adelaide United medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Joshua Smits signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joshua Smits and Adelaide United agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Adelaide United

Craig Goodwin 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.

Market

Macarthur FC join the queue for Max Vartuli

Add another name to the list: Macarthur FC have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Max Vartuli. The answer from Adelaide United has not changed — yet.

In brief