Football-Bundesliga - RB Leipzig starts training camp in USA
RB Leipzig has started its first overseas journey. With 17 professionals and nine youth players, trainer Marco Rossettini will work in the USA until August 4th and also make promotional work for the German Bundesliga.
Not on the tour, which first led to Keflavik, Iceland, and then to New York, are the two German EM participants David Raum and Benjamin Henrichs, the Spanish European champion Dani Olmo, and the Paris Saint-Germain loanee Xavi Simons. They are still on vacation. Also missing are Castello Lukeba (France) and Ilaix Moriba (Guinea), who are currently playing for their teams in the Olympics. Short-term, Christoph Baumgartner had to withdraw. The Austrian underwent knee surgery due to persistent complaints, but he is expected to only miss out for a short time according to the latest information.
The Leipzigers will be lodging in Hoboken until Thursday, directly next to New York. There will be two training sessions on Monday and Tuesday, before the Wednesday (local time) match against Aston Villa marks the first of two test games.
Then, RB Leipzig will travel to Miami, where a training session is scheduled for Friday. On Saturday (local time), the Leipzigers will play against Wolverhampton Wanderers, immediately afterwards, the team will return to Leipzig.
- Despite being in the USA for their first overseas journey, RB Leipzig is missing some key players from their roster, such as David Raum and Benjamin Henrichs, who are currently on vacation in the United States of America.
- The club's training camp in the USA will last until August 4th, with 17 professionals and nine youth players under the guidance of trainer Marco Rossettini, promoting the Football-Bundesliga.
- After their stay in Hoboken, RB Leipzig will move on to Miami, where they will hold a training session on Friday before playing against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
- The young German players in the RB Leipzig squad are looking forward to the overseas journey, with the team's history of success in the Bundesliga inspiring their confidence.
- The team's journey to the USA includes a stop in Keflavik, Iceland, before heading to New York, where they will stay in Hoboken until Thursday.
- RB Leipzig's two German EM participants, David Raum and Benjamin Henrichs, will miss out on this overseas journey, as they are still on vacation in the USA.
- Following their match against Wolverhampton Wanderers in Miami, RB Leipzig will return to their homebase in Leipzig, where they will continue their preparations for the upcoming Bundesliga season.
