LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has signed wing back Ridle Baku from Bundesliga rival Wolfsburg after an injury to Benjamin Henrichs. Leipzig said Friday that the 26-year-old Baku had signed a 2½-year contract to 2027. He will be available for Sunday’s home game against Werder Bremen as the league restarts this weekend after its winter break.

Right back Ridle Baku has joined RB Leipzig from Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg on a contract until 2027 for a reported fee of €4.5 million ($4.6 million). Leipzig coach Marco Rose said on Friday that four-times capped Germany player Baku won't be a starter from the outset because he lacked training units.

RB Leipzig have announced that they have completed their first signing of the winter window as Ridle Baku joins from Wolfsburg.Baku’s contract in the Autostadt expired at the end of the season

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig has signed wing back Ridle Baku from Bundesliga rival Wolfsburg after an injury to Benjamin Henrichs. Leipzig said Friday that the 26-year-old Baku had signed a ...

The 2025 January transfer window is yet to catch alight, although a number of intriguing deals have taken place already. Clubs across world football were unusually reserved during the 2024 winter window and that trend has continued this year amid concerns over Financial Fair Play regulations.

After completing the signing of Andreas Skov Olsen from Club Brugge, Wolfsburg have apparently set their sights on another Danish international.According to Sky Germany, the Wolves have made an offer

RB Leipzig ended the first half of the current Bundesliga season with just 30 points, their third-lowest total at this stage since promotion. They have conceded five defeats in their last nine league games since November 2024, as many as in their previous 32 matches combined.

Kicker journalist Thomas Hiete reports that Brentford wing-back Mads Roerslev may soon be moving to Wolfsburg.Die Wölfe managing director Peter Christiansen – having recently brought Danish

A billionaire former banker and 15 other ex-officials in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region which Azerbaijan retook in 2023 went on trial on Friday in Baku in closed-door proceedings.

Ex-Moscow investment banker Ruben Vardanyan and 15 other Armenian leaders of the formerly contested Nagorno-Karabakh region went on trial in Azerbaijan on Friday.

Benjamin Šeško gave Leipzig an early lead, but the home team was irate that play had continued after an apparent foul by Ridle Baku on Deniz Undav in the buildup. Referee Sascha Stegemann booked Stuttgart assistant coach David Krecidlo for complaining.

Russia’s president is said to have blamed birds or a Ukrainian drone for a Dec. 25 crash of an Azerbaijani plane. Azerbaijan says Russian air defenses were at fault.