Overview

• Ilyas Ansah has joined from SC Paderborn on a deal worth around €4 million plus bonuses.
• The 20-year-old striker delivered six goals and six assists in the 2. Bundesliga last season and scored five times in 12 Germany U20 appearances.
• Union Berlin managed just 35 goals in 34 Bundesliga matches after Benedict Hollerbach’s exit, underlining their need for attacking reinforcements.
• Managing director Horst Heldt praised Ansah’s pace, physicality and proven goal threat as ideal qualities for the first team.
• The club has also secured Andrej Ilic and anticipates added scoring power from Oliver Burke and Wooyeong Jeong.