The Madura United Post
Squad2 Nov 2026
Paulo Sitanggang keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Madura United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
The Madura United board want somebody sold
The instruction has come from upstairs rather than from the dugout, which is the version of this conversation no manager enjoys. Somebody in that squad is now available whether the man who picks the team thinks so or not.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
193% of the income goes out in wages at Madura United
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Riquelme
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Riquelme, and the manager let it.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Madura United lose Evan Hidayat
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad2 Nov 2026
When it matters, Júnior Brandão plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Market Madura United and Dimitar Mitkov are talking past each other
- Market The clock does Dimitar Mitkov’s negotiating for him
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Yuda Editya