As the new managing director of RB Leipzig, Max Eberl thinks a lot about the squad. Eberl has now spoken about a new strategy for squad planning for the future. The Red Bulls’ change of course could also affect the future of S04 loan Tom Krauss.
Loan deals have a long tradition at RB Leipzig. In the six-year Bundesliga history of the club, a total of 64 loan deals have been made. The idea: Talents develop and return to Leipzig as top performers. In fact, not a single player has managed to do this so far. That could change in the future. Eberl increasingly wants to turn the idea into reality.
According to BILD, Eberl let the change of course sound through at a talk show. “It is a big goal of mine that we from Leipzig, i.e. players who have been trained by us, lead to the first team,” emphasized Eberl. He went into detail about Krauss on loan from S04: “Tom Krauss is causing a sensation at Schalke, maybe he’ll come back if Schalke fails a bit.”
With his statement, Eberl refers to a clause in Krauss’s loan agreement. In the event of a relegation, a purchase obligation applies, which would mean that Krauss would switch to Schalke. In the event of relegation, however, the U21 international would return to RB Leipzig. Then the center player could become an integral part of the Red Bulls.
Krauss is an RB homegrown and was born in Leipzig. The talent went through all youth teams of the Champions League participants. Due to a lack of playing time, a one-year loan to 1. FC Nürnberg in the second division took place in summer 2020. Krauss showed strong performances there, so Bundesliga club Schalke 04 secured the services of the midfielder for a year – including a possible obligation to buy.
Krauss had almost written off a future at RB. “I clearly communicated to those responsible at RB Leipzig in the summer that I wanted a change. The quality at RB headquarters is incredibly high and it would have been very difficult for me to get playing time there,” Krauss said in September the WAZ If you trust Eberl’s statements, the 21-year-old would have a more attractive perspective in the summer.
This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Max Eberl talks about the return of Krauss: Is there a transfer novelty at RB? released.
