27 May 2025

Kosta Barbarouses to leave Wellington Phoenix

From Checkpoint, 5:31 pm on 27 May 2025

The Wellington Phoenix's inability to retain successful players is in the spotlight again. All Whites striker Kosta Barbarouses is the latest player to turn his back on the A-League club saying he wants to get game time elsewhere ahead of next year's Football World cup. Sports reporter Felicity Reid spoke to Lisa Owen.