MVFC Blog

News from the Herald Sun today suggests that Adrian Leijer may be on his way over to England. London side Fulham has offered the Melbourne Victory a deal for the defender. The money would be good, according to the HS:
“It could be lucrative for Victory, which will receive a tidy transfer fee for a player […]

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The Melbourne Victory have just signed Daniel Vasilevski.
The 21-man squad is now complete.
If Wikipedia is a reliable source of information, we’d believe he’s a right midfielder. But according to the official Melbourne Victory site, he’s an attacker. I hope so. As I said this morning, Melbourne desperately needs another striker

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Melbourne announced its latest signing, bringing on board Brazilian striker Leandro Rodriguez da Silva, aka  Leandro Love, aka Leandro, from J-League’s Kobe Vissel. It’s a one year loan deal, making him the third loaned player on Melbourne’s roster, along with Kaz Patafta and […]

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Matthew Kemp’s counterpart on the left side of defense is Joe Keenan, another new recruit set to bid for a regular role in the Victory squad.
Keenan, an Englishman who has enjoyed spells at Chelsea, VC Westerlo and Willem II, has been assigned defensive duties - a role which contrasts with his history as a midfielder, […]

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It’s strange to see Matthew Kemp in Victory garb - stranger than it was to see Adrian Caceres with Melbourne after he came over from Perth. But when it comes to inter-club rivalries, the Melbourne-Perth one pales in comparison to the rivalry between Adelaide United and the Victory. So to have Matthew Kemp - a […]

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Ernie Merrick talked to the press last week about how the Patafta-signing came about in a rather, well, unorthodox fashion. It all began at Sydney FC’s match against the Urawa Red Diamonds in March:
“I went and got my ticket and sat down at the game, and I sat next to this very attractive young girl […]

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It’s just been confirmed on SEN Radio that Kaz Patafta will be coming to Melbourne Victory on a 1 year loan deal from Benfica. This brings the total number of under-20 players on the roster to 4, one more than required by the A-League.
This year’s squad is becoming stronger by the day.

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Rumours are doing the rounds that promising Olyroo Kaz Patafta may be making his way to Melbourne, on a one-year loan deal from Portuguese giant Benfica. Source of this rumour is Record, a Lisbon sports daily. Specifically this article, which loosely translated claims that “midfielder Kaz Patafta, one of the promising players of the youth […]

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It’s official: Carlos Hernandez is coming to Melbourne
The Fox (as he is known in Costa Rica) will be filling the void left by Fred’s departure. He has big shoes to fill, but it sounds like he has the feet to fill them. Ernie Merrick says he’s “a player of enormous pedigree who is still yet […]

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There is growing speculation that Costa Rican international Carlos Hernández will be making a move to the Victory. But who is he and should we be excited by this new prospect?
The original article to start this rumour was published in Nacion, a Costa Rican newspaper. The article claims that Hernández is in talks to join […]

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