Hardly a week goes by without new "water level reports" about him and his intention to change. Karim Adeyemi will in all probability be leaving Salzburg next summer, at the age of 19 he is about to outgrow Red Bull's best talent factory. The top clubs in the German Bundesliga have long since started the battle for the national player. Negotiations are said to have already taken place between the management of FC Bayern and its advisors, and Borussia Dortmund was recently said to have the best prospects for a commitment. RB Leipzig, which regularly and particularly likes to use its sister club, and VfL Wolfsburg should already be out of the running.

VfL managing director Jörg Schmadtke was able to convince himself of the qualities of the Munich-born player at close range when his club lost 3-1 on the third day of the Champions League, but he could also have come to the conclusion that Adeyemi was able to stand out with every glamorous appearance moved a bit further in the premier class beyond the financial possibilities of his club.

Not to mention that his current club showed the "wolves" the limits in clash.

After just three minutes, Adeyemi had escaped the Wolfsburg defense and took the lead.

It shouldn't be the last time this evening, only VfL goalkeeper Koen Casteels prevented his fourth goal of the current Champions League season.

In Erling Haaland's footsteps

After failing ten times in a row in the qualifying round for the Champions League up to 2017 and whether the often criticized business conduct in the Red Bull cosmos caused a lot of glee among football romantics, RB Salzburg now leads the table of its group. And that despite the fact that the team lost support in the past transfer seasons - Erling Haaland was just one of them. The supply of extraordinary talent seems inexhaustible. Alongside Mohamed Camara (21 years old), Brendan Aaronson (20) and Luka Sucic (19), Adeyemi is by no means the only one who could fill the coffers in Salzburg in the near future.

Noah Okafor should have made it onto the radar of Europe's top clubs at the latest after the club's most recent international appearance. The 21-year-old Swiss scored twice as a result of a corner kick from close range and decided the game against Wolfsburg; But even more impressive were his numerous dribbles and sprints, with which he and Adeyemi drove his opponents to despair.

As dual leaders, the two embodied everything that the infamous Red Bull football school stands for: speed, technique and courage. At least on the European stage, this approach of the Austrian serial champion was not crowned with success for a long time. Under the German coach Matthias Jaissle - in terms of age and talent, the 33-year-old is probably the counterpart to his storm duo on the sideline - the round of 16 in the premier class beckons. The former Hoffenheim Bundesliga player rightly spoke of a "mature performance": "We brought our football to the field for almost 90 minutes."

This international competitiveness could help the Salzburgers to keep one or the other talent a little longer.

At least until summer Adeyemi and Okafor should still be on the field together.

This should not only persuade the scouts of the European football elite to switch on - if you want to see good Champions League football, you should at least look to Salzburg instead of Barcelona or Turin for the moment.