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Billy Celeski, an Olyroo and former Perth Glory player, has just signed with the Melbourne Victory.
Earlier this week, the Glory released Celeski from his contract (he still had a year to go), paving the way for the midfielder to put pen to paper in Melbourne.
Celeski’s best moment last season came in mid-December, when he scored […]

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Stefan Moore, a 24-year old English striker with experience playing for Aston Villa, is coming to Melbourne this week for a two-week trial.
Moore captained Aston Villa’s youth team when it won the 2002 FA Youth Cup, and has been very highly rated. According to the ever-reliable Wikipedia, “Moore was rated by many as a better […]

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The Melbourne Victory doesn’t seem to be having much luck attracting new players.
Nathan Burns has re-signed with Adelaide United; and indications are that Sasa Ognenovski will be heading over there too. The Queensland Roar defender already seems to be burning bridges with his current club: last week, he got in a fight with Roar goalkeeper […]

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The Melbourne Victory has just signed Nathan Elasi, an 18-year old striker who has been playing with the Marconi Stallions.
Elasi, a striker, has played for the Young Socceroos on three occasions and was recommended to Ernie Merrick by Sebastian Ryall, who captains the Young Socceroos.
“We brought him down and he impressed us […]

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I mentioned in last week’s poll (Which International Should Melbourne Ditch?) that Ernie Merrick will have to hand in a 30-player squad list by February 11.
30 players. We currently have 22. One of whom has to be ditched.
That leaves 9 spaces to be filled over the coming 3 and a bit weeks. Expect a raid […]

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The Melbourne Victory signed Nick Ward today, a 22-year old Olyroo who has been playing in England for the Queens Park Rangers. Some of you may remember him from the inaugural A-League season, when he played for the Perth Glory.
Ward is a midfielder, and an attacking one at that. Sounds like just what Melbourne needs […]

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The Melbourne Victory has added Steven Pace to its ranks as a replacement for the injured Daniel Piorkowski.
The 24-year old defender signs over from the Preston Lions. In a 2-week trail with the Victory did, he obviously did enough to warrant his inclusion on the Victory payroll:
“Steven reads the game well, has excellent speed, good […]

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Ljubo Milicevic has been invited back to training, but his future with the Melbourne Victory is still looking doubtful.
An article in The Advertiser today, titled “Ljubo up for grabs”, once again suggests that Ljubo could join Adelaide United in November, as a replacement for Angelo Costanzo, who picked up an injury in the clash with […]

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Some interesting news from other A-League clubs over the weekend:

Branko Culina has been fired by Sydney FC. David Mitchell, who is currently the Perth Glory’s assistant coach, appears to be the most likely candidate to replace Culina. (The World Game)
John Aloisi has been signed by the Central Coast Mariners. This is after negotiations with Sydney […]

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The Melbourne Victory has just finished signing Sebastian Ryall, a young defender who is the captain of the Australian Under20s side.
The Sydney lad joins us from the Australian Institute of Sport. Ernie Merrick had this to say about the 18 year old:
“We like his leadership skills, he’s physically well built and he’s technically a very […]

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