The Persik Sentinel
Squad14 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Leo out for 64 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Persik will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
José Enrique scores twice — 8.49
Two goals and a mark of 8.49 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market14 Sep 2026
Husna Al Malik asks to leave Persik
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Up for the corner, and Chechu delivers — 7.96
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Chechu scored, was marked 7.96, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Match12 Sep 2026
José Enrique sends Persik past Borneo
It finished 3‑2, and it was José Enrique’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Persik.
Match12 Sep 2026
Whatever happens, Persik do not lose
6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Telmo Castanheira
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Telmo Castanheira, and the manager let it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Irkham Mila 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
A long bet from Persik on Oscar Gqeke
He is 20, and nobody at Persik signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Squad Oscar Gqeke signs on for more
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Adrián Luna
- Market Window shut, Faris Aditama still here