Eight new players on the Leipzig CottaWeg, 18 departures from the RB Leipzig squad: How satisfied can sports managing director Marcel Schäfer be with the transfer phase? At least the philosophy became clear. There was another crime thriller for the final.
Marcel Schäfer looks satisfied. And a little exhausted when he talks about the past transfer period. “It was a very intensive summer,” says RB Leipzig’s sports director on Tuesday (September 2, 2025), only a few hours after a long summer transfer window closed.