RB Leipzig want to make Ademola Lookman a permanent signing.
RB Leipzig hope to sign on-loan Everton winger Ademola Lookman on a permanent basis but said it would depend on what happens at Goodison Park amid uncertainty over the future of manager Sam Allardyce.
Lookman, 20, joined Leipzig on a six-month deal without an option to make the transfer permanent in January.
The England under-20 international has appeared in seven Bundesliga matches, starting three, and the club want him to stay at the Zentralstadion beyond the summer.
“If it were down to us, I’d…
Marseille have advanced to the Europa League semifinals following a back-and-forth affair with Leipzig that ended 5-3 on aggregate.
Marseille have advanced to the Europa League semifinals following a back-and-forth affair with Leipzig that ended 5-3 on aggregate.
PARIS — A French TV football commentator was suspended Friday for anti-gay comments directed at RB Leipzig players following their loss to Marseille in the Europa League quarterfinals.
Denis Balbir, who commented on the match for the W9 channel on Thursday, mocked the Leipzig players’ 5-2 loss at the Stade Velodrome in a video that emerged after the match.
Balbir criticized the German team’s players for their perceived arrogance and used an anti-gay slur to describe them. His postgame comments…
Marseille have advanced to the Europa League semifinals following a back-and-forth affair with Leipzig that ended 5-3 on aggregate.
Marseille have advanced to the Europa League semifinals following a back-and-forth affair with Leipzig that ended 5-3 on aggregate.
Brilliant second half performance saw Bayer Leverkusen climb up to fourth in Bundesliga.
Dayot Upamecano was linked with Man United before joining RB Leipzig.
Reported Manchester United target Dayot Upamecano says he dreamed of playing for the Premier League club, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona, as a child.
United are reportedly tracking Upamecano, whose superb performances for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga and in European competition over the last 14 months have earned rave reviews.
The 18-year-old centre-back, who grew up in the same area of Normandy with Barca’s Ousmane Dembele, has been tipped to join one of Europe’s biggest clubs.
“As a youngster,…
Timo Werner netted the lone goal of the game following a frenetic counterattack to give Leipzig the advantage heading back to Marseille.
Ralph Hasenhuttl hasbeen linked with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Ralph Hasenhuttl has said his work at RB Leipzig is not finished, with the in-demand coach telling a news conference he is in talks to extend his contract beyond 2019.
Hasenhuttl, 50, has been linked with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in recent days, and on Thursday kicker reported that he was frustrated that the club had not entered contract talks earlier this month, as announced in December.
However, he said: “I feel good here, and I could imagine pushing the limits with this team — limits…
Naby Keita will have to pay a hefty fine after losing his appeal for driving with a false license.
LEIPZIG, Germany — Liverpool-bound Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita has to pay a fine of €250,000 on appeal for submitting false driving licenses to authorities.
News agency DPA says that the president of the Leipzig court confirmed that it had set 50 daily sentences of €5,000 each for the player. The fine was aligned to Keita’s income, reportedly around €2 million.
Keita was accused of producing forged documents from his home country of Guinea in December 2016 and again six…
Naby Keita left RB Leipzig’s victory over Bayern Munich with a lower back injury.
Naby Keita has pulled out of the Guinea squad with a lower back injury and the flu.
Keita, who will join Liverpool in the summer, was substituted 68 minutes into RB Leipzig’s 2-1 win over Bayern Munich on Sunday.
The midfielder put in a man-of-the-match performance as Leipzig inflicted a first defeat on Bayern after they went unbeaten for 18 consecutive games.
He cancelled out Sandro Wagner’s lead and set up Timo Werner for the deciding goal before being withdrawn.
Leipzig, who shared an update…