That was the situation in which “Sachsen-Galli” met Heller over a beer. Heller lamented his problems, and Gall promised to help in the search for sponsors. Back at home in Hohenmölsen, Gall remembered that the father of former Bayern striker Alexander Zickler had links to Red Bull Salzburg.\n\nHe copied the address from a can of Red Bull and wrote a ten-page letter to Dietrich Mateschitz.
Whether the billionaire ever read it is unknown, but it was the first contact between Leipzig football and Red Bull.
