Fury fuming after A-League axe

Football Federation Australia (FFA) opted to close the franchise it had been propping up on Tuesday after the club failed to raise the A$1.5 million ($1.52 million) target to keep it running.

"We were so close to delivering a franchise that the community could have owned within a 12-month period, allowing the club to stand on its own two feet," Krayem told the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday.

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