Will Gourna-Douath stay hot for RB Leipzig?
For an 18-year-old in the defensive midfield position, the Austrian shells out quite a lot of money: it is said to have cost 13 million euros. He earned the early praise with his performances in Ligue 1. He ran for relegated AS Saint-Etienne 31 times up and also scored a goal, also played a likely pivotal role in a certain position.
Record transfer for Red Bull Salzburg
You can see at first glance that 13 million euros is a lot of money for Salzburg: never before has Christoph Freund spent so much on a new signing. Of course, the many lucrative sales in recent years give him a lot of scope, but even that would probably not be exhausted if Gourna-Douath was not certified as having a great future. “Despite many interested parties from all over Europe, he decided to join FC Red Bull Salzburg. This also shows what a good name we have made for top talent throughout Europe,” says Freund about the new signing, who has played ten international matches for France’s U19s .
Personnel Gourna-Douath could remain interesting
The clubs in the Bundesliga were probably also interested RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. Chelsea FC has also been mentioned in the past. In the case of the people of Messestadt, the biggest whirlwind on the transfer market had actually moved in defensive midfield. Tyler Adams left the club, Xaver Schlager came from Wolfsburg. And with Konrad Laimer there is the residual risk of a farewell. It is quite possible that the station in Austria Gourna-Douath will initially serve as an intermediate step in order to embark on a new path from there, as numerous stars have shown in Salzburg. The name should continue to occupy the environment of RB Leipzig.