The Union Berlin Chronicle
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Roberto Alvarado
Union Berlin and Guadalajara have settled on $19.5M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Union Berlin bid $46.1M for Francisco Conceição
The offer went to Juventus 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Atlético Madrid tell Union Berlin: Álex Baena 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Union Berlin say no — this time
The offer from VfL Bochum for Tom Rothe was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Union Berlin plan ahead with Kacper Trelowski from Raków Częstochowa
The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Kacper Trelowski comes from Raków Częstochowa for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Kacper Trelowski would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Kacper Trelowski is living that version at Union Berlin, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Dmytro Bogdanov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dmytro Bogdanov commits to Union Berlin for another 5 years.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Derrick Köhn gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Latte Lath remains an outsider
A year in and the city has not opened up, the language has not come, and lunch is eaten alone more often than anybody at Union Berlin would admit. It shows on Saturdays.
In brief
- Squad Kacper Trelowski banks a contract that will last him
- Market Lukas Reich arrives on loan
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Lukas Reich