Joel

Striker - Arema
7 Sep 2026
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Marked for Joel

4 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match19 Aug 2026

Arema bow out of the cup

Dewa United go through and Arema go home, 0‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Dalberto

Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market24 Aug 2026

Andrian Casvari has said yes to Persijap

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Arema have lost him in all but the paperwork.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

A cup hiding at Dewa United leaves Arema explaining themselves

0-3, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.

Market24 Aug 2026

Razzaa Fachrezi hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Arema can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

Arema go back to the board over Irkham Mila

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $496.4K — a club that wants Irkham Mila enough to be asked twice.

Match22 Aug 2026

No end in sight to Arema's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Arema has to find a result from somewhere.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Arema make their move for Irkham Mila

$450.0K on the table at Persik. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market24 Aug 2026

Arema turn down PSIM for Adi Satryo

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

In brief

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The Arema Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market17 Aug 2026

Arema make Lucas Morelatto the dearest name in their history

$550.0K. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Arema go back to the board over Syahrian Abimanyu

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $500.6K — a club that wants Syahrian Abimanyu enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Arema bid $470.0K for Syahrian Abimanyu

The offer went to Persik this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Arema bid $180.0K for Paulo Gali

The offer went to Persebaya this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Arema

Joel 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.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The town asked, and Arema paid $550.0K

Lucas Morelatto was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $550.0K. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Arema training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gustavo França is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Arema rebuffed over Gaoussou Diarra

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Feyenoord have kept their man, and Arema go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Lucas Frigeri 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

2 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Gustavo França

Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Joel 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 Arema this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Door shut on Paulo Gali

Arema asked and Persebaya said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Agung Maulana joins the Arema first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Agung Maulana 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

Egy Wibowo steps up from the Arema academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Egy Wibowo 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

Arema promote Marinus Maulana from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marinus Maulana 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Syahrian Septian steps up from the Arema academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Syahrian 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Arema

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dedik Setiawan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Match8 Aug 2026

Late, late show earns Arema a point

Minute 94, against PSBS Biak, and a goal that felt like a win to everybody who had stayed. It was a draw. Nobody leaving the ground will describe it as one.

In brief

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1 Edition

The Arema Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad3 Aug 2026

Johan Alfarizi: 16 seasons and counting

325 appearances across 16 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Arema know exactly what they have.

Market3 Aug 2026

Arema say no — this time

The offer from Persib for Pablo Oliveira 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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Walisson Maia stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Walisson Maia and Arema agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Arema

Joel was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Gustavo França falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Door shut on Jeremía Recoba

Arema asked and Las Palmas said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match1 Aug 2026

Dalberto the difference as Arema beat Madura United

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Dalberto. 1‑0 against Madura United, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings3 Aug 2026

One of those days for Dalberto

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.06, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Market3 Aug 2026

Arema and Walisson Maia are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief