Todd Boehly will be one step closer to completing the perfect Chelsea team by appointing Christoph Freund as the club's new sporting director. The RB Salzburg transfer chief has been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge as the American billionaire looks to bolster the Blues' boardroom staff.
According to the Evening Standard, the west Londoners are in talks with Freund for the vacant sporting director role. Chelsea are still yet to have filled the position since Michael Emenalo parted ways with the club in 2017; Marina Granovskaia, who left her post as a director this summer, managed negotiations oppose to leading talent identification.
The reports states that the RB Salzburg executive, who 'discovered Erling Haaland', would oversee a potential network of clubs, with Boehly looking to copy the Red Bull and City Group model. Speaking at the SALT Conference in New York on Tuesday, the LA Dodgers co-owner discussed his vision for the Blues.
