The RB Leipzig Courier
Match26 Aug 2028
Chastening afternoon for RB Leipzig
A 0‑3 beating by Bayer Leverkusen was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Market28 Aug 2028
SC Freiburg come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and RB Leipzig did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The dugout28 Aug 2028
Maxime Estève keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” RB Leipzig may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad28 Aug 2028
Leroy Sané in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at RB Leipzig this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom28 Aug 2028
5 academy graduates step up at RB Leipzig
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match26 Aug 2028
RB Leipzig make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Transfer targets28 Aug 2028
Door shut on Antonín Kinský
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.
Market28 Aug 2028
RB Leipzig promote Paul Thomas from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Paul Thomas has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market28 Aug 2028
RB Leipzig promote Frank Mayer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frank Mayer has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Alexander Zimmermann steps up from the RB Leipzig academy
- The dugout No hiding place for Benjamin Henrichs
- Boardroom RB Leipzig let a promise lapse