Christoph Freund in contention for Chelsea sporting director role

Todd Boehly is looking to add to Chelsea’s backroom staff (John Walton/PA)

Chelsea are in talks with RB Salzburg’s Christoph Freund over becoming the Blues’ new sporting director, the PA news agency understands.

New Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali are pushing to fill the sporting director role before the Qatar World Cup kicks off in November.