The PSIM Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
PSIM say no — this time
The offer from Maluku Utara United for Andy Setyo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Failed medical for Make Aldo Maulidino
The deal with Madura United died in the treatment room. Nobody will say what was found and everybody in the game will find out by Friday.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nur Diansyah turns down PSIM
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Madura United keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Franco Ramos Mingo 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 PSIM this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Rafael Struick
PSIM asked and Dewa United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A last season at home is what Zé Valente 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
Rachmat Arhan steps up from the PSIM academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rachmat Arhan 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: Witan Abimanyu joins the PSIM first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Witan Abimanyu 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
Evan Darmawan steps up from the PSIM academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Evan Darmawan 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.
In brief
- Match Madura United take the points off PSIM
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Transfer targets PSIM try to borrow Adi Satryo