Ole Romeny Rises Operations, Seriously Injured In The 2025 President's Cup?

JAKARTA - Ole Romeny was injured when Oxford United faced Arema FC in the last match of Group A of the 2025 Presidential Cup, July 10, 2025.

The attacker could not continue the match after receiving the tough tackle of Arema's Paulinho Moccellin.

As a result, the Indonesian National Team (Timnas) player had to miss the Oxford United appearing in the 2025 Presidential Cup final against Port FC on July 13, 2025.

Ole Romeny's injury is not yet clear. The club also did not provide an official statement.

However, the general chairman of PSSI as well as the shareholder of Oxford United, Erick Thohir, said that Ole Romeny had to undergo surgery.

"Ole Romeny has been checked with the Oxford United medical team, then is currently consulting with the medical team in the Netherlands."

"It seems that it has been decided that Ole will carry out operations on Thursday, July 17, 2025. So, recovery is quite long," Erick said in Jakarta on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, as reported by Antara.

Rumors say that Ole Romeny had a broken leg. The problem is, he must defend the Indonesian national team in the near future.

While the recovery time is expected to take several months. What is certain is that Ole Romeny will not be able to defend the Garuda Squad in the FIFA Match Day September match which is planned to have two test matches against Lebanon and Kuwait.

Erick Thohir realized that Ole's absence would be a loss for the Indonesian national team. However, he considered problems like this to be normal in football.

However, there is optimism that the striker can return for the Indonesian national team in the Fourth Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers in October 2025.

"We, yes, are back focused on preparing the team for the Fourth Round (World Cup Qualification 2026 Asian Zone)."

"I know for sure many people feel pessimistic or make negative thoughts to each other. Yes, that's football. It's okay, we have to keep it up well."

"I don't want our mindset to always be plagued by pessimism. However, yes, we continue to wake up," said Erick.

Meanwhile, regarding the possibility of promoting young players like Jens Raven to the senior team to fill the vacant front lines, the PSSI chairman left it entirely to the coaching team.

"Later, the coach will judge. They will see what the existing talent pool looks like and who can be maximized," he said.

He further added that the depth of the squad is crucial, especially when facing a busy schedule and the risk of injury to players.

"That's why the issue of players' rest time is also in the spotlight at the 2025 Club World Cup. This is part of modern football," he said.

Apart from Jens Raven, PSSI is also aggressively pursuing the naturalization process of Mauro Zijlstra. When finished quickly, the Dutch-Indonesian player can be another option at the forefront of the Indonesian national team.