JAKARTA - Persib Bandung coach, Bojan Hodak, revealed the debut opportunity for their new players, Thom Haye and Eliano Reijnders, during the match against Persebaya Surabaya. The coach said, the fifth week of the 2025/2026 Super League match could be a moment to lower the four new pillars of Maung Bandung.

Persib Bandung is scheduled to host Persebaya Surabaya at the Gelora Bandung Stadium, Lautan Api on Friday, September 12, 2025, at 15.30 WIB. In the match, Persib will have four new ammunition, namely Thom Haye, Federico Barba, Eliano Reijnders, and Andrew Patrcik Jung.

The debut of these four players is clearly worth waiting for considering the players are players with high flight hours at a good level of competition. Moreover, Thom Haye and Eliano are players labeled the Indonesian national team and previously played at the Eredivisie club.

"We have brought in several new players at this time and of course this makes me very happy," said Bojan Hodak about the new team player quoted from Persib's official website, Friday, September 12, 2025.

Regarding the opportunity to appear, Bojan Hodak has not provided a guarantee that the four new players will immediately appear in the match against Persebaya. However, he said that they had all adapted to the team during the training agenda.

"However, we need time to bring it together (the new players) in the team. They have only participated in two joint training sessions because of course it can't be done just overnight," he said.

Thom Haye's presence will add to Persib's solid midfield. The former Almere City player is projected to be the mainstay of the Maung Bandung team's midfield with Marc Klok.

Meanwhile, Eliano will serve in the Persib attack line. He has a chance to become an important figure in the wing sector along with the Persib academy dropout, Beckham Putra Nugraha, this season.


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