The Persija Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Alexander Jeremejeff takes the afternoon — 8.93
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Alexander Jeremejeff provided it, and the 8.93 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Age has not caught Alaaeddine Ajaraie yet — 8.01
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.01 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Market17 Aug 2026
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Persija did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Amir Ganah rejects the move
Persija had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Hapoel Beer Sheva, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alexander Jeremejeff in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Persija this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Alexander Jeremejeff sends Persija past Borneo
It finished 3‑1, and it was Alexander Jeremejeff’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Persija.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Persija rebuffed over França
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Maluku Utara United have kept their man, and Persija go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Dony Tri Pamungkas again
The phone has started ringing about Dony Tri Pamungkas again, and this time the name on the line is PSIM. Persija are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Persija training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordi Amat 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Jean Mota was unplayable
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Nadeo Argawinata