The Red Bull group have made a big move internally, with Christoph Freund's move to Chelsea 'agreed' ahead of the announcement.
Now that Todd Boehly's first transfer window is done and dusted, all attention has swiftly turned to the structure of the club, with the American knowing that he only wanted to be an interim sporting director and not one for the long-term. football.london understands that talks to secure Freund from RB Salzburg started last month and since then, everything appears to have been agreed despite a recent admission.
However, no agreement has yet offiicially been reached with Salzburg, as confirmed by managing director Stephan Reiter. He 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."
