Especially with the newly rich from countries in which the flow of money is difficult to understand, skepticism is appropriate. At the time, this also struck Mateschitz.
Big words in a thunderstorm of flashlights, then just hot air instead of money. Austria's most recent experience with alleged patrons alias strategic partners should also be a lesson for the media. By not allowing themselves to be misused for free PR in a naive way like the violets, which are deep in the red.
Again and again, the football industry falls for Blender. Especially with the newly rich from countries in which the flow of money is difficult to understand, skepticism is appropriate. One of these, of course, accompanied by boos from Vienna, also struck Dietrich Mateschitz when he took over the bankrupt Austria Salzburg in 2005. And had it renamed. The Red Bull boss would soon be back, it was said, his billionaire hands off football because he never really cares. Mistake.
Red Bull and the Champions League
16 years later, the goals of the upper bull in football are even exceeded by his Salzburgers. In July 2010, Mateschitz revealed at one of his rare public appearances in front of 90 astonished listeners from Sports Media Austria in Bad Gastein that RB Salzburg should only dominate the domestic league and play in the Europa League in the future, while RB Leipzig (although they were still in the fourth division at the time) for the higher-quality Champions League is intended.
The people of Leipzig have long been part of the German elite. In the meantime, however, they are without points in the Champions League after three match days, while the Salzburg team smile from the top with seven points. And in the meantime, “Red Bull B” has made so many millions in player sales that RB Salzburg can currently do without money from the can.
Foreign trade magazines honor Salzburg in one sentence with Ajax Amsterdam as the best training club in Europe. But because it doesn't work in jealous Vienna without mud core, it should be added: Salzburg mostly only trains exceptional talents who are not eligible to play for the Austrian national team.
