Union Berlin Managing Director Oliver Ruhnert delighted to sign Ghana’s Jamie Leweling

FC Union Berlin Managing Director Oliver Ruhnert has expressed his excitement after his outfit signed Ghana’s Jamie Leweling from relegated Greuther Fürth. 

The 21-year-old completed his move on Tuesday for an undisclosed fee, following his Fürth team-mate Paul Seguin, Janik Haberer and Danilho Doekhi in joining Union’s adventure next season, which will include group stage football in the UEFA Europa League.

Leweling, who had interest from several clubs in the Bundesliga scored five goals in 33 Bundesliga matches for Greuther Fürth.

“I am pleased that we were able to convince Jamie of the prospects at Union and that he has decided in favour of us despite numerous other enquiries,” Oliver Ruhnert said as quoted by the club’s official website.

“With him, we get a technically and physically strong offensive player who will give us new impulses and even more speed with his way of playing football.”

Born in Nürnberg, the highly-rated forward moved to Fürth’s academy in 2017 and was given his first-team debut at the start of the 2019/20 campaign.

Fürth would go on to secure promotion to the Bundesliga with Leweling playing 24 times in the successful second-division campaign.

Comfortable on the wing and through the middle, it was in the Bundesliga where Leweling would make the biggest impression with goals against Stuttgart, Bielefeld, Freiburg, Hoffenheim and Leipzig.

Leweling has been capped at U-19, U-20 and U-21 level with Germany, however he is still eligible to play for Black Stars of Ghana in the future despite turning down an opportunity to feature for the four-time African champions during the 2021 AFCON qualifying match against Sudan last year.