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Christopher Freund - Ze Director

Sconnie Blue said:
Appreciate the ambition but he’s shown he should be no where near making these decisions. 
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There are a lot of concerns about his running of the club. His first bit of business was good in Sterling but then we follow that with recruiting a past it 31 year old on a 5 year deal, paying double the value for Cucurella, spending an age chasing Gordon and Fofana only to not get the former and overpay hugely for the latter, recruit a striker last minute for a manager he sacks days later, loan a midfielder that neither TT or Potter appears to be interested in using, selling Werner for Peanuts, loaning a 100mill player, keeping Ziyech and Pulisic, sacking a manager after spending 300mill with him in a window, and now being made to look a Muppet by not 1 but 2 director of footballers. The first is unemployed, the second works, no disrespect intended, in the Austrian league. 

He is supposed to be an incredible businessman and sportsman, but how? Is he like a players and just loses it at a certain age?

 
And word from the man himself, via Sky sports.

Freund rejected Chelsea sporting director role

Red Bull Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund has said he has turned down the chance to take up a similar role at Chelsea.

Freund had been heavily linked with a move to Stamford Bridge as part of new owner Todd Boehly's revamp of the club's administration.

Quoted in a statement issued by the Austrian club, Freund said: "As I have already confirmed in interviews, Chelsea FC was interested in me.

"When such a big club asks, it not only honours me and the work of FC Red Bull Salzburg, it is of course also a circumstance that entails personal considerations.

"But I've come to the conclusion that I'm in the best of hands with FC Red Bull Salzburg and that a change is out of the question for me."

Can you imagine we agreed a deal for one of their players and he turned us down to stay there in the Austrian league? This is huge egg on face again for Todd.

 
axman2526 said:
There are a lot of concerns about his running of the club. His first bit of business was good in Sterling but then we follow that with recruiting a past it 31 year old on a 5 year deal, paying double the value for Cucurella, spending an age chasing Gordon and Fofana only to not get the former and overpay hugely for the latter, recruit a striker last minute for a manager he sacks days later, loan a midfielder that neither TT or Potter appears to be interested in using, selling Werner for Peanuts, loaning a 100mill player, keeping Ziyech and Pulisic, sacking a manager after spending 300mill with him in a window, and now being made to look a Muppet by not 1 but 2 director of footballers. The first is unemployed, the second works, no disrespect intended, in the Austrian league. 

He is supposed to be an incredible businessman and sportsman, but how? Is he like a players and just loses it at a certain age?
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I agree with parts of this, however, it shows how as much as we loved Roman, we were ran terribly in some aspects in regards to recruitment.

I'm very confident of a great future for Chelsea under the new ownership. Whilst things haven't been perfect so far, we've been very unlucky with transfers and a big positive is that we're not stuck under an ownership that doesn't have ambition. Boehly has stated he knows he isn't a football expert, hence why he's looking to bring in people to take over that aspect.

Overall we've been unlucky with the timing of the sale, senior figures leaving, players out of contract, a list of underperforming players wanting to leave and players choosing to go to other clubs.

 
axman2526 said:
There are a lot of concerns about his running of the club. His first bit of business was good in Sterling but then we follow that with recruiting a past it 31 year old on a 5 year deal, paying double the value for Cucurella, spending an age chasing Gordon and Fofana only to not get the former and overpay hugely for the latter, recruit a striker last minute for a manager he sacks days later, loan a midfielder that neither TT or Potter appears to be interested in using, selling Werner for Peanuts, loaning a 100mill player, keeping Ziyech and Pulisic, sacking a manager after spending 300mill with him in a window, and now being made to look a Muppet by not 1 but 2 director of footballers. The first is unemployed, the second works, no disrespect intended, in the Austrian league. 

He is supposed to be an incredible businessman and sportsman, but how? Is he like a players and just loses it at a certain age?
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Wow.

I wonder if when Todd gets in his car if the doors fall off. 🤡 

 
It’s not even the failure to close which is embarrassing but the constant leak of information that’s more of concern. It seems like every time Todd’s failed to close something, it has already been made public that he’s attempted to complete a deal. I’m sure other clubs try and fail all the time but everything is behind the scenes and leaks are limited. I’d be looking around at how this all constantly gets out there as it seems bad for business and has only made negotiations harder 

 
TheBison said:
It’s not even the failure to close which is embarrassing but the constant leak of information that’s more of concern. It seems like every time Todd’s failed to close something, it has already been made public that he’s attempted to complete a deal. I’m sure other clubs try and fail all the time but everything is behind the scenes and leaks are limited. I’d be looking around at how this all constantly gets out there as it seems bad for business and has only made negotiations harder 
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Press leaks, hijacked deals, embarrassment for the club,??
Nothing new...




 
I hope Freund goes to Barca soon, at least that's a bit of consolation for Boehly - it's Barca, everyone just prefer them than us. He rather stays in Austria than join Chelsea, just showed the level of pulling power Boehly has.

Wouldn't be surprised if Emma Hayes leave soon, didn't the women team just lost a game on the weekend?

 
icecoolguy22 said:
I hope Freund goes to Barca soon, at least that's a bit of consolation for Boehly - it's Barca, everyone just prefer them than us. He rather stays in Austria than join Chelsea, just showed the level of pulling power Boehly has.

Wouldn't be surprised if Emma Hayes leave soon, didn't the women team just lost a game on the weekend?
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Aye they did, to recently promoted Liverpool, 2-1, so a bit like the men's side losing 2-1 at Forrest.

 
Does anyone know anything about this bloke? I know he's coming from Leipzig and they have a decent track record with scouting and transfers, however up until about an hour ago I'd never heard of him. 

 
drjonesy1994 said:
Does anyone know anything about this bloke? I know he's coming from Leipzig and they have a decent track record with scouting and transfers, however up until about an hour ago I'd never heard of him. 
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From Ben Jacobs

- Vivell was responsible for 'maintenance of the global RB footballing philosophy. He has a data driven approach and outside of Europe has a particular expertise and network in North American and Brazil. 

From that alone it gives more indication we are truly inspired by the RB model, and that Vivell would be in charge on a global scale vs internally, hence why he's viewed as the technical director. Gutted we didn't end up getting Freund as the sporting director, as Freund and Vivell would be perfect together. 

axman2526 said:
Determined to get someone from the Red Bull system we are then eh?
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Exactly. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
From Ben Jacobs

- Vivell was responsible for 'maintenance of the global RB footballing philosophy. He has a data driven approach and outside of Europe has a particular expertise and network in North American and Brazil. 

From that alone it gives more indication we are truly inspired by the RB model, and that Vivell would be in charge on a global scale vs internally, hence why he's viewed as the technical director. Gutted we didn't end up getting Freund as the sporting director, as Freund and Vivell would be perfect together. 

Exactly. 
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So seems like we will hire this bloke to be technical director, and still looking for someone else to be sporting director? Or will this Vivell be doing it all?

 
Sconnie Blue said:
From Ben Jacobs

- Vivell was responsible for 'maintenance of the global RB footballing philosophy. He has a data driven approach and outside of Europe has a particular expertise and network in North American and Brazil. 

From that alone it gives more indication we are truly inspired by the RB model, and that Vivell would be in charge on a global scale vs internally, hence why he's viewed as the technical director. Gutted we didn't end up getting Freund as the sporting director, as Freund and Vivell would be perfect together. 

Exactly. 
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We ain't got Vivell yet either, and after the last U turn red bull did on us would not count our chickens here yet either.

 
drjonesy1994 said:
So seems like we will hire this bloke to be technical director, and still looking for someone else to be sporting director? Or will this Vivell be doing it all?
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He'd be technical director. 

Sporting director I wager we are waiting for Edwards. (list of candidates atm is bleak)

 
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