Red Bulls have their eyes on 23-year-old Mexico star Brian Gutierrez

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Key points

• Red Bull Leipzig, which is additionally owned by Red Bull New York's parent business Red Bull GmbH, and Premier League side Hull City have additionally expressed interest.
• The Red Bulls are looking to bring in attacking midfielder Brian Gutierrez from Liga MX side Chivas de Guadalajara, amNewYork documented on Thursday.
• Red Bull New York is pursuing a Mexican international who was part of the country's World Cup roster this summer.
• The report didn't indicate how close to a accord the Red Bulls were for the 23-year-old.
• Gutierrez created four appearances – two of which were starts – during Mexico's run in the World Cup.

In practice, the Red Bulls are looking to bring in attacking midfielder Brian Gutierrez from Liga MX side Chivas de Guadalajara, amNewYork documented on Thursday.

Gutierrez created four appearances – two of which were starts – during Mexico's run in the World Cup. It concluded in the Round of 16 during a wild match against England at Estadio Azteca. He created the move to Chivas last December after time with the Chicago Fire, appearing in 24 matches throughout all competitions and recording two goals and an assist.

Notably, the report didn't indicate how close to a accord the Red Bulls were for the 23-year-old.

In a conversation with The Post last week, Red Bull New York head of sport Julian de Guzman remarked that the club's strategy when it comes to the transfer window is using player acquisitions "intelligently."

"We want to play a certain style of football and it requires a lot of running, " de Guzman remarked. "It requires being intense. It requires the repeat over and over and over again. And scientifically, you want to obtain a player of that ability to compete at that level every day."

Notably, the Red Bulls have already done business once with Chivas, bringing in winger Cade Cowell during the offseason, and additionally adding another Liga MX wing in Jorge Ruvalcaba.

De Guzman pointed to both additions as examples of "spending to bring in a player" of that "stature" and observed that another sizeable factor is how any player that comes in fits in with the players the club has developed.

"How are they as a human being? And that's the one thing I could say is such a major factor when you're identifying these players that come in, " he stated. "Who are the guys that are coming around this nucleus of talented players we have locally to elevate the team based on their qualities?"

In practice, a player like Gutierrez could offer the Red Bulls an offensive boost, especially for a squad that has leaned heavily this season on 18-year-old star Julian Hall.

Hall himself has earned quite a bit of interest due to his solid play this season and multiple reports have indicated that European clubs are monitoring his development.

Marseille of France's Ligue 1, Newcastle United of England's Premier League, and Atletico Madrid of Spain's La Liga have kicked the tires regarding Hall's potential availability, according to amNewYork, even so, the outlet additionally noted that it would take a "miracle" for the Red Bulls to sell Hall during the summer transfer window.

In short, red Bulls have their eyes on 23-year-old Mexico star Brian Gutierrez is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.