Written by Peter Weiss@PeterVicey
Germany’s leading sports tabloid has reported that RB Leipzig are preparing a special replacement for injured Benjamin Henrichs.
In other Leipzig-related transfer news, Spain’s Estadio Deportivo have reportedly found a new loan home for striker Andre Silva.
Andre Silva. Jorn Polex, Getty Images
German tabloid Sport Bild has reported that RB Leipzig could be placed in the reserves of their Austrian sister club as a solution to the long-term injury of right-back Benjamin Henrichs. The tabloid has named RB Salzburg full-back Amar Dedic as a potential candidate for a winter move.
The RB pipeline, which has recently been further strengthened by Leipzig manager Reuven Schröder’s move south, should facilitate a quick and easy transfer, even if the paper admits that concrete negotiations have not yet begun. It is.
On the transfer front, Leipzig’s current chief personnel officer Marcel Schaefer is said to want to remove two players (Andre Silva and Elgih Elmas) from his roster in the next transfer window. is.
Spanish newspaper Estadio Deportivo has reported that a new loan destination has been found for Portuguese forward Andre Silva. The 29-year-old will be returning to Spain. Spanish sources have reported that negotiations with La Liga side Rayo Vallecano are at an “advanced stage”.
After returning from a recent loan spell on the Iberian Peninsula, Silva appears to have turned down other loan possibilities over the summer in hopes of earning playing time again with Red Bulls in Germany.
RB trainer Marco Rose has given Silva a few minutes off the bench this year, as well as one cup match and one Champions League start. Silva converted a penalty in Round 13 against Holstein Kiel, scoring his first Bundesliga goal since scoring twice against Schalke in January 2023.
Silva’s exorbitant salary – part of the contract he signed when he joined from Eintracht Frankfurt in a blockbuster deal in the summer of 2021 – remains a problem for the Saxony club. According to Spanish newspapers, loan negotiations with an option to buy are underway.
