The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Union Berlin agree $32.1M for Jens Petter Hauge
The clubs have shaken hands with Atalanta; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market30 Aug 2027
Woo-Yeong Jeong puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Union Berlin, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Andrej Ilić keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Union Berlin may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Union Berlin
Derrick Köhn was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Union Berlin
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words at Union Berlin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tim Skarke is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Diego Mascardi
Union Berlin asked and Dynamo Dresden said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market30 Aug 2027
Thomas Martin steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Martin 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.
Market30 Aug 2027
Klaus Müller steps up from the Union Berlin academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Klaus Müller 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 Helmut Richter steps up from the Union Berlin academy
- Squad Stanley Nsoki wants to go home
- Boardroom A promise the Union Berlin board did not keep