The Union Berlin Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin say no — this time
The offer from Hamburger SV for Woo-Yeong Jeong was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Woo-Yeong Jeong stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Woo-Yeong Jeong and Union Berlin agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Union Berlin
Diogo Leite 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
A move Stavros Gavriel would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Stavros Gavriel is living that version at Union Berlin, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Kevin Weber joins the Union Berlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kevin Weber is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin promote Alexander Werner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Werner has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Union Berlin promote Matthias Hahn from within
- Squad Words at Union Berlin training over how hard people work
- The terraces The spotlight tightens on Manoel