The Persik Sentinel
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Andhika Ramadhani says Persik 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.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Adrián Luna was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 24. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Juan Pablo Córdoba turns down Persik
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Gimnasia y Esgrima keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Market8 Feb 2027
Rendy Sanjaya has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Persik they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Persik
Imanol García and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Persik
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Door shut on Pablo Aguiar
Persik asked and Gimnasia La Plata said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market8 Feb 2027
Persik promote Ricky Irawan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ricky 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.
Market8 Feb 2027
Persik promote Egy Pato from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Egy Pato 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.
In brief
- Match Reno Piscopo sends Persik past Persijap
- Squad Reno Piscopo falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings A masterclass from Reno Piscopo