The Arema Sentinel
Squad8 Feb 2027
Dedik Setiawan damages knee ligaments — 73 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 73 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match6 Feb 2027
No mercy from Arema
Bali United will want this one forgotten quickly: 3‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Arema were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
Bayu Setiawan keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Arema may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Koko Araya will not be coming to Arema
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Persebaya is saying, and nobody at Arema is enjoying the guessing.
Match6 Feb 2027
Arema make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Arema have 3 straight wins of it.
Player ratings8 Feb 2027
Joel scored one and made one — 7.82
Two of the goals had his name somewhere on them, which is the afternoon a manager wants from anybody asked to both create and finish. 7.82, and 2 involvements.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
3 academy graduates step up at Arema
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Arema
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Gustavo França was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Arema rebuffed over Miswar Saputra
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Madura United have kept their man, and Arema go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Bimo Arhan joins the Arema first team
- Market Irfan Abimanyu steps up from the Arema academy
- Market Arema promote Agung Arhan from within