The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Brighton tell Union Berlin: Bart Verbruggen 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
Union Berlin bid $15.2M for Dan-Axel Zagadou
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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Union Berlin go back to the board over Dan-Axel Zagadou
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $16.0M — a club that wants Dan-Axel Zagadou 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
Alexander Heinrich steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexander Heinrich 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
Dominik Arnold steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dominik Arnold 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
Jonas Lang steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonas Lang 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
Union Berlin promote Christoph Martin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Christoph Martin 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
- The dugout No hiding place for Oliver Burke
- The dugout Woo-Yeong Jeong knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Emmanuel Latte Lath remains an outsider