RasenBallsport Leipzig is just one of xx companies within Red Bull sports universe. FC Red Bull Salzburg and EC Red Bull Salzburg do posses a perpetual financial guarantee of Red Bull support paid out yearly if needed otherwise this money will be credited to their capital reserves for later use or retained. RB Leipzig does not posses this special right they can be partly or fully sold to investors, undergo termination of business operation or undergo other changes like all the other RB companies. RB Leipzig is not part of one of these private foundations of DM and his son so they are completely dependent on the will of both (statutory 3) shareholders/proprietors of Red Bull company. The duties of all managers of RB companies are just on operational level they are just (well paid) employees. All the major strategic decisions are always in the hands of the shareholders/owners.ultra2013 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 23:14 Leipzig is a plastic club with financial backing from Red Bull. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised if Dietrich Mateschitz dead can affect this club as much as Volkswagen scandal did to Wolfsburg when the wolves were at their peak. In no time, the CEO of RB Leipzig have left the club and probably more changes are coming behind the scenes. RB Leipzig could disappear in 5 years.
It's been three years since € 100 million were converted into a capital reserve thanks to Mateschitz. "Red Bull co. released Leipzig 100 million of debts" it was said at that time. Such gifts are likely to be avoided in the future.
it's in Mr. M. and Mr. Yo. (owners and stakeholders) hands only to make all strategical decisions. All the other managers are just operational staff. Who will decide if Leipzig wants to get one more 100 mio from Red Bull? certainly not this new German manager. To make to paint out the rooms in RBL cabins or to buy new equipment for their existing TV channel he could do (just to say it literally). There are more than a handfull CEO's of them like in finance (CFO) beverage, strategic advisors etc. Final decisions of this importance (100 mio loan) are made by the shareholders/owners only. CFO, CEO and so on can be fired at any time but you never can fire an owner (who should do this?). Common logic sense already would help to understand this. Just google blindly is not always the best advisor.RB Leipzig could disappear in 5 years
If Leipzig make it to CL regularly and receiving this uefa money most of years their survival is more or less guaranteed I would say. Problems only occur if they can't reach this level anymore so Red Bull likely won't inject too much money and they could fall down to midfield or even lower. As mentioned before RBL is not so much a big rated media tiger for RB like F1 or even New York Red Bulls which can contribute more on media basis because one reason is that they can show their RB logo all the time and everywhere. The name Rasenballsport must feel like a bad joke for the marketing obsessed Red Bull family.
I would not be so much optimistic for Frankfurt to raise much money in financial metropole of Frankfurt. They have to depend on their sports merits as it used to be in past. They published heavy red figures for the last 2 years despite winning the Europe League (see annual reports) they hardly can sell their 50+1 part to an investor because of special domestic rules and have to rely on normal sponsors if I recon correctly. This year it should be much better with CL participation. Let's wait what the figures will tell here.
A more possible scenario would be that Mintzlaff gives Leipzig are higher priority than already before compared to Salzburg, in terms of budgets etc. Also just speculation, though.
And by the way 2.0, we all know how a company is working, that was not the point. Nobody said Mintzlaff is the new owner. 
