The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $27.7M for Christoph Baumgartner
Union Berlin have gone to RB Leipzig with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin bid $17.2M for Wouter Burger
The offer went to TSG Hoffenheim this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Rômulo
Union Berlin asked and RB Leipzig said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin make their move for Robin Risser
$12.3M on the table at RC Lens. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin go back to the board over Christoph Baumgartner
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $29.0M — a club that wants Christoph Baumgartner enough to be asked twice.
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
Andrej Ilić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Union Berlin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Stefan Vogel steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Vogel has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Richard Hoffmann steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Richard Hoffmann has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Tim Krause joins the Union Berlin first team
- Market One of our own: Uwe Schmitt joins the Union Berlin first team
- The dugout Leopold Querfeld gets it from the manager