09/10 Summer Transfer Market (3)

[Bundesliga Teams Prick Up Their Ears at Union Berlin’s Summer Transfer Market Moves]

As the players began leaving in earnest for their summer holidays, the summer transfer market got fully underway.

Union Berlin’s board and staff had to spend their days working hard to recruit players.

In many cases, the period after the season was busier than the season itself, when matches were being played.

[Union Berlin Will Keep Last Season’s Key Players!]

After consulting with the players and confirming their desire to stay, I declared them Not for Sale, but…

Offers for Union Berlin’s players continued to pour in without end.

Well. It couldn’t be helped.

Union Berlin had won the Bundesliga last season and caused the biggest sensation in the world.

Even when people knew the fruit was out of reach, it was only natural for them to keep testing the waters...