The Maluku Utara United Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Persijap come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Maluku Utara United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alwi Slamat 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 Maluku Utara United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Maluku Utara United
Ciro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ciro 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Maluku Utara United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Maluku Utara United and Ciro
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Al-Shehri signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ahmed Al-Shehri and Maluku Utara United agree another 3 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Persebaya are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Maluku Utara United will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Yance Sayuri runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Maluku Utara United?
- Player ratings The referee tires of Wbeymar Angulo