RB Leipzig started this week with a flurry of activity that appeared to confirm the team’s commitment to an ambitious winter shopping spree. Tyler Adams’s transfer from the New York Red Bulls was officially confirmed, and RBL was reported to have a 35 million Euro budget available for further January spending.
With near unanimous reporting in Germany that Adams was a free transfer (countered by RB Live which cites a source at RBL saying it wasn’t, and RBNY which cites its own sporting director’s public statement that RBL paid a fee for Adams), the implication was that Leipzig’s pockets were still bulging with cash for a forthcoming transfer market splurge.