Christophe Freund, on the left, while at Salzburg (© REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
Christophe Freund, on the left, while at Salzburg (© REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)

Chelsea have found a new sports director, and Potter aproves the signing

Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 19.09.22. | 21:53

Christophe Freund spent many years at Salzburg and is the man the new Blues' board has chosen as a solution for the vacant position

Christoph Freund is expected to be named a new sporting director at Chelsea after new Blues' gaffer Graham Potter agreed on this appointment.

The RB Salzburg administrator has apparently impressed Blues' owners Boehly and Behdad Eghbali with "his shrewdness, bold ideas and passion", as British media pointed out.

Also, Potter is said to be ready to work with Freund, with the new Chelsea coach's backroom staff recruitment specialist Kyle Macaulay heavily involved too.

Freund has built a strong bond with many of the RB Salzburg players, and Chelsea's new owners are thought to see that emotional involvement as a good fit alongside Potter's coaching style.

The Blues could yet also recruit a technical director to work alongside the incoming Freund, and Monaco's Paul Mitchell remains a long-term target.

On the other hand, despite a verbal agreement being in place between Freund's representatives and Chelsea, his current club Salzburg have already come out to pour cold water on these rumours.

Managing director Stephan Reiter told Sky Austria:

"Neither Chelsea nor Christoph Freund spoke to me or the club management about something like that. Christoph recently signed a contract with us until 2026, which applies to him as well as to players, managers or coaches."


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