The Dewa United Herald
Market3 Aug 2026
Johnathan has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Dewa United can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Sonny Stevens stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sonny Stevens and Dewa United agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Noah Sadaoui 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
Dewa United rebuffed over Fábio Assis
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brasil de Pelotas have kept their man, and Dewa United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Dewa United
Nick Kuipers 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
PSIM take the points off Dewa United
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Sonny Stevens
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market3 Aug 2026
Persijap join the queue for Muhammad Natsir
Add another name to the list: Persijap have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Muhammad Natsir. The answer from Dewa United has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alex wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Dewa United can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
In brief
- Market Dewa United and Sonny Stevens are talking past each other
- The dugout Aditya Lilipaly answers for it
- Market No place for Ady Setiawan in the plan