The arrival of Jesse Marsch at Leeds United seems to have set a precedent for the summer transfer window as the club targets players that fit the Red Bull mould. Brenden Aaronson was the first through the door for around £25 million and Rasmus Kristensen wasn’t far behind, signing earlier this week for £10 million - both played under Marsch in Austria for short spells.
Takumi Minamino - who left Marsch’s Salzburg in January 2020 to move to Liverpool - has been heavily linked with a move to Elland Road, as has 21-year-old Salzburg striker Junior Adamu. RB Leipzig midfielder and American international Tyler Adams has also been mentioned - he was given his professional debut at New York Red Bulls by Marsch in 2016.
The links make sense: Leeds’ head coach has a concrete playing style which is the same as the style seen through the Red Bull system. It is why he took over at New York, it is why he was moved to Salzburg and it is why he took over from Julien Nagelsmann at Leipzig - albeit less successfully.
