Red Bull may be close to identifying a global sporting director. According to Bild, CEO Oliver Mintzlaff has been negotiating with former Bayern Munich striker Mario Gómez for weeks. The role would not be with Leipzig but instead involve “networking and further developing” of New York Red Bulls and RB Bragantino.
Previous iterations of the role were held by Jochen Schneider and most famously Ralf Rangnick. A prior report from Bild indicated that Mintzlaff intended to make a hire by the summer, which obviously failed to occur.