Ralf Rangnick will leave RB Leipzig on July 1, the Bundesliga club have announced, and Markus Krosche has been appointed as the club's new sporting director.
Rangnick was expected to continue in the role of sporting director on a full-time basis after it was announced in 2018 that Julian Nagelsmann would replace him as first-team coach at the end of the 2018-19 season.
But the club has brought in the talented 38-year-old Krosche from Paderborn, while Rangnick will leave to become head of sport and soccer development at Red Bull.
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The club confirmed the news in a statement, saying: "Markus Krosche is the club's new sporting director for the upcoming season.