Target: Christopher Vivell
(Picture: AFP via Getty Images)Chelsea have added RB Leipzig chief Christopher Vivell to their list of candidates for the technical director role at Stamford Bridge.
Co-owner Todd Boehly has confirmed he wants to follow the Red Bull multi-club model and has targeted Vivell after missing out on RB Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund.
Chelsea plan to appoint both a sporting director and a technical director and are set to step up the interview process for both roles next month.
German Vivell has been technical director at Leipzig since 2020 and has been responsible for transfers and scouting. He was previously at Salzburg where, along with Freund, he helped unearth Erling Haaland.
Boehly is operating as interim sporting director but the American is keen to hand over transfer responsibilities before the World Cup.
Chelsea have also been in talks with Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Tim Steidten, while they have been linked with Victor Orta from Leeds, Atalanta talent scout Lee Congerton, Sevilla director of football Monchi and Rui Pedro Braz at Benfica.
Talks with both Freund and Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Campos collapsed last week, while there are doubts over whether former Liverpool director Michael Edwards is ready to move into a big job so soon after taking a break from football.
