Christoph Freund has much to do if he is appointed Chelsea's new sporting director very soon. Todd Boehly has made it his task to employ a new sporting director after his time as the interim was heavily criticised during the summer transfer window by Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher and others.
Initially, football.london understood that the plan was to bring former Liverpool guru Michael Edwards in before January but their early attempts were rebuffed as Julian Ward's predecessor at Anfield remained adamant that he wanted to take some time away from the game.
This all culminated in focus needing to be shifted elsewhere and amid links to the likes of Paul Mitchell, Luis Campos and others, the Blues have now settled on RB Salzburg's Freund as their top target.
