The Dewa United Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Not going: Muhammad Natsir stays at Dewa United
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Persijap had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Dewa United
Noah Sadaoui and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Persik tell Dewa United: Irkham Mila 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
One of our own: Rizky Kurniawan joins the Dewa United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rizky Kurniawan 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
Bagas Septian steps up from the Dewa United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bagas 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dewa United promote Septian Irawan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Septian Irawan 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 Dewa United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Egy Maulana Vikri was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Alexis Messidoro
Marked 8.00 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match8 Aug 2026
Dewa United rescue it on 88 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 88. Persebaya had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- Squad Alex wants to finish where he started
- Transfer targets Dewa United ask about Syahrian Abimanyu
- Squad Sani Rizki signs a new deal