RB Leipzig’s boardroom is split on whether Ole Werner should remain as head coach. The German club is actively discussing an immediate departure for Werner, who has been in charge for less than a year.

Werner took over on June 24, 2025, signing a deal through 2027. Roughly eleven months later, his employer is already debating whether to tear up the contract.

A club divided against itself

Werner actually delivered results. The club qualified for the Champions League under his watch, a benchmark that most coaches would consider job-securing.

The internal politics paint a complicated picture. Sporting director Marcel Schäfer has reportedly been satisfied with Werner’s performance. On June 3, 2026, Schäfer publicly stated there would be no pressure on extending Werner’s contract, a comment widely interpreted as a vote of confidence.

Others within the club’s hierarchy see things differently. Some officials have pushed the idea that a summer exit should be on the table, Champions League qualification notwithstanding. The gap between those two camps is where Werner’s career at Leipzig currently hangs.

Leipzig’s coaching carousel keeps spinning

Werner arrived from Werder Bremen, where he had built a reputation as a tactically flexible coach capable of overachieving with limited resources.

What the Kraken partnership signals for crypto in sports

Kraken became the club’s Official Crypto Partner in September 2024, a deal focused on fan engagement and promoting digital asset adoption through the Leipzig ecosystem.

There is no official RB Leipzig crypto token. An unofficial fan token called RBLP does trade on decentralized platforms, but it carries zero endorsement from the club itself.

Unofficial tokens trading on the back of a club’s brand, without any institutional backing, are essentially pure speculation dressed up in team colors. For investors, RBLP is a reminder that not every token with a recognizable name attached has anything behind it.