It looks like Christoph Freund will be Chelsea’s new technical director. That reports journalist Fabrizio Romano. Freund currently holds that position at Red Bull Salzburg, but seems to be leaving there. The 45-year-old Austrian is the man behind the arrival of Erling Braut Haaland, Sadio Mané and Naby Keïta, among others.
In addition to Freund, Luis Campos (Paris Saint-Germain), Michael Edwards (ex-Liverpool) and Lee Dykes (Brentford) were also in the spotlight. the Blues, but the choice seems to have fallen on Freund. Freund has been active with the title holder from Salzburg since 2006, where he was team manager in his first six years. He subsequently held the position of sports coordinator. In the summer of 2015, Freund was then promoted to technical director.
New owner Todd Boehly temporarily took on the task of technical director, but seems to be able to leave that to Freund soon. Coincidentally, Chelsea and Salzburg played against each other at Stamford Bridge (1-1) on Wednesday. Freund then denied to the Evening Standard not that he would be able to work in London. “Chelsea is a big club in transition. I can’t say exactly what will happen in the coming weeks and months.”
Freund confirmed to the English newspaper that attacker Benjamin Sesko is in the interest of trainer Graham Potter’s club. The contact over the Slovenian has warmed the connections between Freund and Chelsea. “I’ve had conversations with Chelsea every now and then. We spoke for a month or two more often because of the interest in Sesko. The new owner is interested in how we integrate young players into the first team. But you do that over and over again. over with other clubs,” Freund tried to downplay Chelsea’s interest somewhat. “That is it.”
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