Christopher Nkunku's Time at Leipzig: Success, But There Could've Been More
June 3 deserves to be the day for star striker Christopher Nkunku to play his final game for RB Leipzig. Set to complete a 60 million pound move to Chelsea, he and Leipzig took home the DFB-Pokal against Eintracht Frankfurt this past Saturday, with Nkunku scoring and assisting in the 2-0 victory. Thus, the Red Bulls' star man leaves with back-to-back Pokals, three Pokal finals, a top 4 finish in the Bundesliga in each of his seasons in Germany, a Europa League semifinalist, a Champions League semifinalist, and joint top scorer in the Bundesliga in 2022-23. It was a highly successful spell for a club that is known mostly for its player development. But, in a way, Nkunku's time at Leipzig seems incomplete. It's hard to imagine given the state of German football there would ever be a disrupter to Bayern Munich's monopoly on the Bundesliga title. It typically falls to Bayern's main rival, Borussia Dortmund, to reclaim the prize for themselves. And they came close this ...