The Persis Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Andrei Alba
61 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Persis lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A fracture rules Roman Paparyga out for 51 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Persis will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Bruno Gomes says Persis went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Persis
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Dimitri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market8 Feb 2027
Persis promote Stefano Lilipaly from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefano Lilipaly has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Feb 2027
Andi Septian steps up from the Persis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andi Septian has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Feb 2027
Persis promote Egy Putra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Egy Putra has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Feb 2027
Witan Pratama steps up from the Persis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Witan Pratama has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.