The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Union Berlin rebuffed over Rômulo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RB Leipzig have kept their man, and Union Berlin go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
An offer of $11.5M for Saël Kumbedi
Union Berlin have gone to VfL Wolfsburg 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 targets24 Aug 2026
Union Berlin bid $5.0M for Pascal Stenzel
The offer went to VfB Stuttgart 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Union Berlin
Rani Khedira and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The ground is getting bigger
The plans are signed off at a capacity of 30596. Decisions like this are judged twenty years later, by people who were not in the room when they were taken.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Florian Seidel signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Florian Seidel commits to Union Berlin for another 3 years.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
A reunion for Frederik Rønnow
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Eintracht Frankfurt in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
Florian Seidel knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Florian Seidel trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Looking ahead24 Aug 2026
An away day at Eintracht Frankfurt next for Union Berlin
They sit in position 4 and they will be waiting. Away form is where a season shows its true character, and this side has a point to make about its own.
In brief
- Squad Michel Aebischer is starting to belong
- The dugout Michel Aebischer keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Good reports on Frederik Rønnow