The Persija Herald
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Persija
Amir Ganah and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words at Persija training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexander Jeremejeff is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
When it matters, Jean Mota plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Gustavo Almeida knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Persija, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market26 Oct 2026
The Stjepan Lončar story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Stjepan Lončar signs something — a contract at Persija or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Denis Kolinger has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Denis Kolinger has written the date down.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Bruno Tubarão
- Squad Thales is out on the grass again