RB Leipzig ready for difficult opening match in the Premier League against Atlético Madrid

Atlético invested three times as much

After finishing fourth in the Spanish league, 19 points behind Real, Madrid have just made a major upgrade. Argentinian world champion Julian Alvarez came from Manchester City for €75 million, Conor Gallagher from Chelsea FC for €42 million, Robin Le Normand from Real Sociedad for €34 million and unsuccessful Leipzig striker Alexander Sörloth was signed from FC Villarreal for €32 million. In total, the club spent around 185 million euros on new players. In other words, three times as much as RB (62 million euros) this summer.

With three wins and two draws, they have made a solid start to the league, level on points with Real. But Leipzig are also unbeaten, and have not lost in 14 league games this season. Nevertheless, Marco Rose's team found it extremely difficult to find solutions in attack in the draw against Union Berlin. "Next we'll take care of Atletico and still have some time to regenerate. We can also intensify the integration of our new signings over the next few days," said Rose in view of the last-minute additions. One of them is Arthur Vermeeren, who is still under contract with Atlético until 2030 and completed his pre-season training in Spain. The Belgian therefore knows what makes his opponents tick and has already spoken to Rose.