"Chelsea" will sign a contract with the sporting director of "Salzburg"

"Chelsea" is close to starting cooperation with Salzburg's sporting director Christoph Freund, reports The Guardian.

Christoph Freund

According to the source, the verbal agreement was reached after negotiations with the owner of the Londoners Todd Boeli. The signing of the contract will be officially announced in the coming days. Freund was also endorsed by the team's head coach Graham Potter as an ideal candidate to work with for the upcoming draft.

The list of the most famous acquisitions of "Salzburg" and "Freund" at the head of the sports department includes Erling Holland, Naby Keita, Dayo Upamecano, Sadio Mane. In recent years, the club from Austria has earned about 500 million euros from the sale of these football players.