Mega-rich club to open coffers for Popovic
When Brisbane Roar knocked Shanghai Shenhua out of the ACL, they never expected it could land a lucrative contract on the desk of Wanderers' coach Tony Popovic.
Dominic Bossi is a football reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.
When Brisbane Roar knocked Shanghai Shenhua out of the ACL, they never expected it could land a lucrative contract on the desk of Wanderers' coach Tony Popovic.
He copped abuse in public from fans, dealt with an online campaign to have him dropped and his club signed a veteran replacement. Yet, Paul Izzo bounced back to reclaim his starting position and silence his critics.
Western Sydney Wanderers are set to make a move to sign exciting Dutch midfielder Roly Bonevacia next season with the Wellington Phoenix midfielder set to leave the club at the expiration of his contract in May.
Sydney FC are set to battle the riches of Asia, Europe and the Middle East for the services of Milos Ninkovic next season but defender Rhyan Grant urged the club to make every effort to keep the star midfielder.
There were 333 fewer fans at Allianz Stadium against Wellington on Thursday than the club's first ever match against a New Zealand side when they hosted the now defunct Knights in a pre-season friendly in July 2005, before the A-League started.
Sydney FC are one step closer to finishing the season as invincible after scoring three stunning goals in their 3-1 win over Wellington.
Does a salary cap ensure a competition is more evenly balanced? That's the question raised by a recent study conducted by the players union into the last two seasons of the A-League that will be unveiled on Friday.
Sydney FC could be about to find out what they missed out on when Wellington Phoenix come to town on Thursday night as young defender Jacob Tratt vows to make a statement at the expense of his former employers.
In just three months, Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold has gone from spruiking his desire for his team to become the A-League's first "invincibles" to telling his players to stop stop talking about it.
Western Sydney Wanderers global search for a high-profile solution to their attacking woes may have been fruitless but the club may have found an answer in veteran forward Brendon Santalab
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