Are you talented? Good. Are you young? Better. That's the philosophy in Leipzig, and they certainly don't want to change it. The average age of the starting XI every Sunday is below 25 years old, the decisions on the bench are taken by a 33 years old. One of the latest arrivals in Germany is Brian Brobbey, 19 years old striker that Leipzig has signed for free from Ajax, another club constantly focused on youngsters.
Leipzig is nowadays a solid reality for who wants to be thrown with success in the European football. Many clubs were interested in Brobbey, and sporting director Markus Krosche explains the choice made by the Holland striker, who has chosen a club fully surrounded and managed by young people (33 years old on the bench, 40 in the management): "Brian is a profile that fully fits Leipzig's profile. With Ajax he's already showed he's ready for the International level, there were many offers by several European top clubs as his contract was about to expire, but he chose to come here".
At the moment, somebody who comes in Saxony doesn't stay for a long time, as top clubs' requests keeps being more attractive. Upamecano after 4 years will Leipzig will make a next step with Bayern Munich, which paid the 42.5 million clause for the defender that will substitute Alaba. And Leizpig have already found the replacement: Mohamed Simakan, 20 years old central defender from Strasbourg. Despite the knee injury in January, Leipzig have just announced the deal with the central defender: a 5-years contract and 15 million to the French club, a fee that AC Milan wasn't willing to spend in the last transfer-market session. By July the player will have recovered from the injury, ready to make the next step in the European football from the main door for every young footballer.
