Chelsea’s sporting director target Christoph Freunde has ‘discovered lots of top players’ during his time with Red Bull Salzburg, according to journalist Pete O’Rourke. The Blues are currently searching for someone to fill the void that Marina Granovskaia left behind as new owner Todd Boehly looks to shape the club in his image both on and off the pitch.
A recent report from the Daily Mail has revealed that Freunde is one of a handful of names on Boehly’s shortlist to fill the vacant role in the Chelsea hierarchy.
Former Liverpool chief Michael Edwards and Paris Saint-Germain consultant Luis Campos are listed as possible alternatives for the sporting director position, but Freunde’s experience may make him the first-choice candidate. “We’ve talked about having a multi-club model,” Boehly admitted when speaking at the SALT Conference in New York. “I think there’s different countries where there’s advantages to having a club. “Red Bull have Salzburg and Leipzig in the Champions League.
I want to continue building out the footprint. I think there’s different countries where there’s advantages to having a club,” he added.