The Persis Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Elkan Baggott
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Persis have done the hard part with Millwall, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Cruzeiro tell Persis: Ruan Índio is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Persis promote Witan Nugroho from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Witan Nugroho 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ahmad Saddil steps up from the Persis academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmad Saddil 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Persis promote Bimo Hidayat from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bimo Hidayat 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ahmad Lilipaly joins the Persis first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ahmad Lilipaly is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Persis against Persib
0‑1 to Persib, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Persis
Andrei Alba was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Persis are still learning each other
- The dugout Evan Abimanyu answers for it
- Transfer targets A loan move for Yuto Ozeki is in the works