'Nobody is going to leave this summer, Leipzig won't sell a single player in the first team this summer!'

This has been Ralph Rangnick's solemn response in public on more than one occasion, and even Dietrich Mateschitz, the real owner behind RB Leipzig, has made a public statement.

Naby Keita and Emil Forsberg, two RB Leipzig players who played well in the Bundesliga last season, especially the latter, won last season's Bundesliga assist title.

It is a rather strange fact that Rangnick seems to have absolute control of the club, and these moves are contrary to Rangnick's and the Red Bull Group's public philosophy of operating RB Leipzig and RB Salzburg.

In 2015, Rangnick had this to say about Red Bull Salzburg's transfer policy: "We are signed with young players who have just started their careers, and once they are ready for a new challenge, we will release them when we have the right offer and our next batch of players is about to be in place." ”

Many people believe that when RB Leipzig were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, the same could be said for RB Leipzig.

Leipzig plans to build a Champions League regulars and even future giants who can dominate Europe in one step at a time.

Before the start of last season, both Rangnick and manager Ralph Hasenhuttl thought the plan would take at least three years.

Therefore, Leipzig hopes that the core players of the team will be important members of the team to lead the team to the top in the next three years, so in the selection of players, the focus is on those young and talented players with development potential.

Rangnick, in particular, believes that only young players can meet the high-pressure style of play that Red Bull need.

Keita and Forsberg were expected to leave at the end of the new season, but Leipzig broke their wishful thinking last season by finishing runners-up in the Bundesliga as promoted and qualifying for the Champions League group stage.

In other words, the original club's plan achieved its goal ahead of schedule. Despite the club's record second-place finish in the Bundesliga, there was a hint of disappointment among those in the club.

It was in the penultimate round of last season's Bundesliga, and it was a heavy match against Bayern Munich, at one point leading 4-2, and finally being reversed by the opponent by three goals. In the post-match press conference, it was evident from Rangnick and Ralph Ralsenhuttl sitting in the corner of the press room, with disappointed expressions written all on their faces.

The game against Bayern Munich is an important benchmark for understanding Leipzig's summer transfer policy, and it is not difficult to see that Leipzig played most of last season's games, except for two defeats at the hands of Bayern.

The first leg (round 16) of the contest is particularly illustrative of this problem, as the Bundesliga newcomers, who had been online until now, dropped out of line and lost 0-3 to the Bundesliga giants.

The shocking reversal in the second round (33rd round) can be described as a classic case of the big guy teaching the little brother to behave. When Leipzig were 3-1 and 4-2 up at home, the coaching staff thought they had a chance of winning the game and replaced Marcel Sabitzer, Youssef Poulsen and Timo Werner.

Bayern, meanwhile, are preparing to make a desperate move with Thomas Muller, Arturo Bilda and Douglas Costa.

The depth of the bench decided the final outcome of the match on that night, 4-5, with world-class winger Arjan Robben completing the stunner.

Rangnick and Ralph Ralf Ralf realised they would have to add depth to their bench whether they were challenging for the top of the league table or making themselves more competitive in the league, so signing new players and retaining key players was the main focus this summer.

In other words, the Champions League and Bayern Munich last season's league "double" forced the club to change its philosophy.

Of course, there is another factor, and that is Rangnick himself, who wants the whole project to bring success not only to RB Leipzig and the Red Bull Group, but more importantly to himself.

There was the well-educated Rangnick who took a very alternative approach to the task of being at the top of the Bundesliga pyramid, and as a player he failed and it wasn't until he became manager of Ulm that he started to make a name for himself.

In the 1998-99 season, Ulm, who relied on a back four, managed to rush to the Bundesliga under the leadership of Rangnick, and the team blew a whirlwind of innovation in the league. You must know that the strength of German football at that time was in a stage of serious decline, the national team was in short supply, and many domestic clubs still used outdated scavenger tactics.

Rangnick, who became instantly popular at the time, was even invited to the TV football program to explain the formation and tactical play of the back four to the public.

After that, Rangnick's road as head coach was difficult, and after all kinds of failures, he rose to prominence at Hoffenheim and finally joined the Red Bull Group as the head of the group's football business.

After Red Bull bought and rebuilt Leipzig, Rangnick relied on his knowledge of people and hired a manager to help the team be promoted four times in seven years, and finally successfully promoted to the Bundesliga, and then brought with him the Ralph Ralphthale, whom he had always admired.

Hoffenheim hadn't seen anything like it since they were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time, until the arrival of RB Leipzig last season.

The difference is that RB Leipzig did not collapse in the second half like Huo Cun at that time, but successfully extended the good momentum to the end.

This will be the first club under the Red Bull Group to successfully break into the Champions League, and it can be regarded as the biggest wish of Red Bull chairman Mateschitz to this day.

Of course, Mateschitz will not be satisfied with this, qualification for the Champions League is only a small goal to achieve, he hopes to win the Champions League next, and of course, the bigger goal is to see RB Leipzig become the new European giants in his lifetime.

Leipzig's success proves once again that Rangnick's football theory is viable, and it can also bring trophies. Its height is not just the Bundesliga, but the Champions League at a higher level.

It's not hard to understand why Rangnick would "blow his own mouth", preferring to temporarily abandon his usual strategic plan and insist on keeping the best players in the squad.

He hopes to add more talent to the squad this summer to build on the squad and go far ahead of their first Champions League journey.

But what he didn't expect was that Mateschitz actually brought Zhang Zhetian, this magical genius door god.