Chelsea expected to name RB Salzburg’s Christoph Freund as new sporting director

Freund is thought to have impressed Blues owners with his 'shrewdness, bold ideas and passion'.

REBUILD: Chelsea are expected to appoint Christoph Freund as the new sporting director (John Walton/PA)

Christoph Freund is expected to be named sporting director at Chelsea, the PA news agency understands.

The RB Salzburg administrator is thought to have agreed verbal terms on the role that new co-controlling owner Todd Boehly has filled on an interim basis this summer.