RB Leipzig’s head coach Marco Rose currently sees no need for newcomers in the coming transfer period. “You might make a winter transfer to fill a gap. I don’t recognize them yet,” said the 46-year-old in an interview sky. “If we lose a player at the absolute top level for a little longer, then it’s only worth getting an absolute top player. I don’t know if you’ll get it in winter. These are things that we are now discussing internally without any pressure to act.”
After 15 match days, the “Red Bulls” are third in the Champions League behind leaders FC Bayern and SC Freiburg. In the unofficial “Rose table” – the coach had taken over the Leipzig after the dismissal of Domenico Tedesco before the 6th match day – the Saxons are even tied at the top with the Munich team.
community All topics related to RB LeipzigHave your say now! At the news portal “RBLive” Rose added with a view to possible personnel adjustments: “We’re going to be very calm and relaxed. We have the responsibility to pursue our goals and everything that goes with it. This always includes transfer planning. But we don’t have any stress in winter because we are very well positioned. However, we already have our eyes on the summer.” For the 2023/24 season, Salzburg center forward Benjamin Sesko (19) has been signed for 24 million euros so far, while KRC Genk’s goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt (20) was secured early for the 2024/25 season . The fee for him is reportedly 10 million euros.
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At the moment, Rose cannot say whether central defender Abdou Diallo (26), on loan from PSG, will stay with RB beyond the summer. “Abdou is a huge guy and good footballer who can lead a team. He’s in his prime. We are very happy to think about keeping him at Leipzig for a longer period of time. You can tell that he feels at home here. But basically it’s still very early and there are always several parties involved in a transfer,” said the coach.
Rose made it clear that he considers his squad – the third most valuable in the German Oberhaus – good enough for the maximum, i.e. the championship. “Honestly, if everyone in our squad is healthy, I’ll have confidence in this team! It’s important to me that we’re always ambitious and try to win every game in the Bundesliga – no matter who it’s against.”
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