Sabitzer & Laimer as positive examples
Nicolas Seiwald is the 20th player to switch from Austria’s Red Bull Salzburg to RasenBallsport Leipzig in Germany. The 21-year-old midfielder comes to the 2023/24 season and has a contract until June 30, 2028. The fact that the “Red Bulls” keep using their sister club is met with criticism from fans and observers. Leipzig’s new sports boss Max Eberl had once reprimanded this transfer strategy, said as a Gladbach manager in 2016 „Focus“-Interview: “What bothers me about RB is this pushing of players from Salzburg to Leipzig and from Leipzig to Salzburg. That has a stale aftertaste for me because they basically have two squads.
On Monday, offensive player Emil Forsberg, who has been with the Saxons since January 2015, presented his view of the criticism of the many transfers between the clubs. “I can definitely understand that, but I don’t worry about it. We find good players there and bring them here,” explained the 31-year-old in the “Ran Bundesliga web show”. “I now have to learn more Austrian expressions because more and more terms like ‘Grüß Gott’ are being used. They’re top players and they want to join us, even though they probably have alternatives. They want to come to us because they know that we are doing a lot of things right.”
With Seiwald: These players switched from Red Bull Salzburg to RB Leipzig
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Popular route from Salzburg to Leipzig
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A total of 18 players have switched from Red Bull Salzburg to RB Leipzig since 2010, with numbers 19 and 20 joining Benjamin Sesko and Nicolas Seiwald in the summer of 2023. The German Bundesliga club paid a total fee of 177 million euros. All transfers to click through! (as of February 26, 2023)
Thomas Dähne (age at that time: 20) – on 07/01/2014 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €250,000
Nils Quaschner (21) – on 07/01/2015 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €500,000
Rodnei (29) – on 02/01/2015 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €750,000
Stefan Hierländer (23) – on July 1, 2014 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €800,000
Georg Teigl (22) – on January 14, 2014 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €800,000
Roman Wallner (29) – on 01/30/2012 (free transfer)
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Market value at the time: €1 million
Yordy Reyna (21) – on loan on 01/29/2015
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Market value at the time: €1.25 million
Benno Schmitz (21) – on 07/01/2016 for €800 thousand
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Market value at the time: €900,000
Stefan Ilsanker (26) – on 07/01/2015 for €3m
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Market value at the time: €1.5 million
Péter Gulácsi (25) – on 01.07.2015 for €3 million
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Market value at that time: €1.75 million
Bernardo (21) – on 08/28/2016 for €6m
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Market value at the time: €1 million
Konrad Laimer (20) – on 07/01/2017 for €7m
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Market value at the time: €8 million
Hee-chan Hwang (24) – on 07/15/2020 for €12M
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Market value at the time: €10 million
Hannes Wolf (20) – on July 1st, 2019 for €12 million
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Market value at the time: €12 million
Dayot Upamecano (18) – on 13.01.2017 for $18.5 million. €
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Market value at the time: €5 million
Amadou Haidara (20) – on 01/01/2019 for €19m
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Market value at the time: €20 million
Nicolas Seiwald (21) – on 07/01/2023 for €20m
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Current market value: €20 million
Dominik Szoboszlai (20) – on 01.01.2021 for €22 million
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Market value at the time: €25 million
Benjamin Sesko (19) – on 07/01/2023 for €24m
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Current market value: €20 million
Naby Keïta (21) – on 07/01/2016 for €29.75m
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Market value at the time: €11 million
The Swede gave two positive examples: “You saw the development with Marcel Sabitzer and Konrad Laimer. Many players have developed well here. Of course, that drives other players on.” Eberl, he believes, “also understood that these are really good players and wants to get them too”. RB Salzburg confirmed that Leipzig pulled the exit clause from Seiwald, which was originally anchored in the contract until 2026 and was reportedly around 20 million euros in line with the market value. In the list of Salzburg’s most expensive departures, he ranks ninth together with Erling Haaland. Leipzig has so far spent seven times more money on a new signing.
Overview: The most expensive departures from Salzburg / The most expensive purchases from Leipzig
Forsberg can imagine a career as a coach at RB Leipzig
Forsberg, under contract until 2025 and in second place among the record players of the “Red Bulls”, does not want to look too far into the future. “I want to stay as long as I can. The club and I fit together very well. We play great football and have a great team. Leipzig is a cool city. At the moment I’m not worried. We’ll look further in 2025, but at the moment I just want to live in the here and now,” says the veteran, who can imagine a career as a coach. “Why not? I’m also very interested in tactics and the topic drives me. Just take a look. I’m currently an active footballer and I have to concentrate on that.”
Seiwald in the top 10: RB Leipzig’s most expensive purchases
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25 Christopher Nkunku | 19/20 by PSG | Transfer fee: €13 million
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Status: February 2023
21 Matheus Cunha | 18/19 with FC Sion | Ablöse: 15 Mio. €
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21 Bruma | 17/18 by Galatasaray | Transfer fee: €15 million
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21 Benjamin Henrichs | 20/21 of Monaco | Transfer fee: €15 million
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21 Mohamed Simakan | 21/22 by RC Strasbourg | Transfer fee: €15 million
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20 Olivier Burke | 16/17 from Nottingham | Transfer fee: €15.2 million
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17 Jean Kevin Augustin | 17/18 by PSG | Transfer fee: €16 million
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17 Nordi Mukiele | 18/19 of Montpellier | Transfer fee: €16 million
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17 Ilaix Moriba | 21/22 by FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €16 million
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15 Adamola Lookman | 19/20 by Everton | Transfer fee: €18 million
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15 Angelino | 21/22 fix by Man City | Transfer fee: €18 million
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Previous rental fee: €2m
14 Dayot Upamecano | 16/17 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €18.5 million
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13 Josko Gvardiol | 21/20 by Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer fee: €18.8 million
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12 Amadou Haidara | 18/19 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €19 million
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8 Kevin Kampl | 17/18 by Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Transfer fee: €20 million
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8 Alexander Sorloth | 20/21 by Crystal Palace | Transfer fee: €20 million
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8 Nicolas Seiwald | 23/24 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €20 million
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8 Timo Werner | 22/23 from Chelsea | Transfer fee: €20 million
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7 Dominik Szoboszlai | 20/21 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €22 million
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6 Timo Werner | 16/17 from VfB Stuttgart | Transfer fee: €22.2 million
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5 Andre Silva | 21/22 by Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer fee: €23 million
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4 Benjamin Sesko | 23/24 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €24 million
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3 David room | 22/23 by TSG Hoffenheim | Transfer fee: €26 million
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2 Dani Olmo | 19/20 by Dinamo Zagreb | Transfer fee: €29 million
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1 Naby Keïta | 16/17 by RB Salzburg | Transfer fee: €29.75 million
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