The RB Leipzig Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $23.8M for Nathan Tella
RB Leipzig have gone to Bayer Leverkusen with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Market10 Aug 2026
RB Leipzig say no — this time
The offer from St. Pauli for Rômulo was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Bernardo
RB Leipzig asked and TSG Hoffenheim said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Christoph Baumgartner wants more than RB Leipzig are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Christoph Baumgartner signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Christoph Baumgartner and RB Leipzig agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at RB Leipzig
Willi Orbán and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at RB Leipzig
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Christopher Nkunku was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lars Schmidt steps up from the RB Leipzig academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lars Schmidt has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leon Krüger steps up from the RB Leipzig academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leon Krüger has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Benjamin Henrichs
- Squad 6 new faces, and RB Leipzig are still learning each other
- The dugout Christoph Baumgartner asks for a word with the manager