Red Bull Leipzig’s stars slammed for flying in celebrity barber before defeat

Berlin: A group of RB Leipzig stars has been slammed as ‘decadent’ by a senior figure at the Bundesliga leaders for bringing a celebrity barber over from England to give haircuts before their shock defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend. Ralf Rangnick, head of sport and development soccer for the club’s chief sponsors Red Bull, was left fuming after star hairdresser Sheldon Edwards was flown over by members of the squad to give haircuts at the team hotel in Frankfurt before Saturday’s 2-0 defeat. Rangnick has ripped into the group of nine players, which German daily Bild says includes regulars Yussuf Poulsen, Christopher Nkunku and Patrik Schick, for the ‘decadent’ pre-match haircut. “I would have bet ^100,000 euros that our players would not have had a star hairdresser flown in from England to have their hair done in a hotel,” an angry Rangnick said today. “I would have lost that ^100,000 bet.”The defeat was annoying enough, the hairdresser story leaves me stunned. That is decadent. It’s not far off the golden steak,” Rangnick said. AFP