Uli Hoeness has told RB Leipzig they need to ‘stop buying kids’ if they want to seriously threaten the champions. Nevertheless, Leipzig can make sure of second place with a point on Saturday, after securing direct qualification to the Champions League last weekend. To most observers, the eastern German club’s policy of hoovering up young talent has been an unqualified success but Hoeness is not convinced. “I told him: ‘dear Mr Mateschitz, when you sign older players, you will be a very serious opponent for us’,” said Hoeness. “We won’t be buying known, expensive stars, instead we will be sticking with our policy of taking young, gifted players,” he said.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 12, 2017 03:00 UTC