Having dealt with Sevilla for the past two summers and not had the greatest time, Chelsea fans would be understandably sceptical in forming early preconceptions on their chase for a new director of football.
Having been close with Christoph Freund, football.london understands a verbal agreement was in place between the two parties before a U-turn saw the sporting director remain at RB Salzburg, and efforts to lure Michael Edwards away from his break being unsuccessful, Todd Boehly is being frustrated once more.
Chelsea do still hold interest in a number of other figures that could act in the director of football or sporting director role, including Tim Steidten of Bayer Leverkusen and Victor Orta at Leeds.
