The Persijap Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Persijap
Tiri and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Borja Martínez wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Persijap can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Persijap rebuffed over Cyrus Margono
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Persija have kept their man, and Persijap go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A last season at home is what Borja Herrera is after
It is sentimental, it is completely genuine, and it is the beginning of a departure nobody has announced. The club can be gracious about it or it can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Andri Pato joins the Persijap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andri Pato is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kurniawan Sulaeman steps up from the Persijap academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kurniawan Sulaeman 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
One of our own: Dimas Asnawi joins the Persijap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dimas Asnawi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Persijap promote Dedi Saddil from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dedi Saddil 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
No time for Bali United to settle
The goal that put Bali United ahead was still being replayed on the concourse when Persijap equalised, 3 minutes later. Leads are only worth what you do with them.
In brief
- The dugout Iker Guarrotxena gets it from the manager
- Squad Persijap are still strangers to each other
- Transfer targets Persijap ask about Yofandani Pranata