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 make their move for Martin Terrier
$27.1M on the table at Bayer Leverkusen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin turn down Bayer Leverkusen for Diogo Leite
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
TSG Hoffenheim tell Union Berlin: Wouter Burger is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $4.7M for Sam Tickle
Union Berlin have gone to Wigan Athletic 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.
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin answer the question with Johannes Eggestein from Austria Wien
The shape has not worked since the summer and the reason was never a mystery. Johannes Eggestein comes in from Austria Wien to be the missing piece, which is a flattering description and a heavy one.
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.
In brief
- Market Oliver Böhm steps up from the Union Berlin academy
- Market Union Berlin promote Patrick Simon from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tim Skarke