The Persebaya Gazette
Market9 Dec 2030
Paulo Gali hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Persebaya can pretend not to have heard.
Market9 Dec 2030
Only the photograph left for Syahrian Nugroho
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Syahrian Nugroho will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Persebaya the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Dec 2030
Jefferson 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 Persebaya this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad9 Dec 2030
A row about effort at Persebaya
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Risto Mitrevski was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom9 Dec 2030
The Persebaya debt reaches $24.9M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
The dugout9 Dec 2030
Idan Dadya gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Idan Dadya is on it.
The dugout9 Dec 2030
Pedro Matos 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 Persebaya, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout9 Dec 2030
No hiding place for Yosuke Kamada
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yosuke Kamada, and the manager let it.
Market9 Dec 2030
The Mihailo Perović story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Mihailo Perović signs something — a contract at Persebaya or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Persebaya and a squad player
- Squad The training reports on Idan Dadya are not good
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Muhammad Hidayat