The Persita Courier
Squad9 Nov 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Bae Sin-Yeong
19 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Persita lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Cois Artomoro says Persita went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Igor Rodrigues in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Persita this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market9 Nov 2026
Persita promote Bimo Arhan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bimo Arhan 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Persita
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ryuji Utomo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Kurniawan Ajie gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Igor Rodrigues linked with a move away
- The dugout Aleksa Andrejić asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout A door opens for Ryuji Utomo
- Squad The training reports on Muhammad Toha are not good