The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin make their move for Tim Lemperle
$20.8M on the table at TSG Hoffenheim. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin rebuffed over Benedict Hollerbach
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mainz 05 have kept their man, and Union Berlin go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Union Berlin walk away from Marvin Keller
$4.6M was the most the club would pay and Young Boys were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
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
Rani Khedira 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
One of our own: Uwe Peters joins the Union Berlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Uwe Peters 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 Markus Lorenz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Markus Lorenz 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Helmut Franke joins the Union Berlin first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Helmut Franke 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
Alexander Jäger steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Jäger 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
- The dugout No hiding place for Oliver Burke
- Squad 6 new faces, and Union Berlin are still learning each other
- The dugout Woo-Yeong Jeong knocks on the manager’s door