The Arema Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Wilmar Gonzalez due for a Arema medical
Everything agreed with Cortulua, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Dalberto
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Arema
Walisson Maia and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Persik take the points off Arema
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Irfan Putra steps up from the Arema academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Irfan Putra 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
Bimo Firmansyah steps up from the Arema academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bimo Firmansyah 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
Syahrian Hidayat steps up from the Arema academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Syahrian Hidayat 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
Arema promote Muhammad Putra from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Muhammad 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Arema
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dedik Setiawan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- The dugout Hansamu Yama gets it from the manager
- Squad 7 new faces, and Arema are still learning each other
- The dugout Rizky Maulana faces the questions