Chelsea are still looking for a sporting director. The Londoners have sounded out the European market and have their sights set on a candidate from the Bundesliga.
Tim Steidten, manager at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, would fit in very well with the Blues’ profile.
To information von Sky DE there was already contact with the 43-year-old, who was head of the scouting department and squad planner at the Rhinelanders until the summer and was then promoted to manager.
Steidten has made a name for himself in Leverkusen and Bremen
As part of the negotiations between Bayer and Chelsea about the loan of Callum Hudson-Odoi, the Blues were able to get an idea of Steidten, and the interest of the Chelsea manager was aroused.
In Leverkusen, no one has commented on the subject so far. Steidten switched from Werder Bremen to the Werkself in 2019. He had been with Werder since 2006. First as a scout, then as head of the scouting department and until 2019 as an assistant to the management.
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At Chelsea, Christoph Freund from Red Bull Salzburg had recently been traded as a possible candidate for the post of sports director, but the Austrian had rejected the Englishman’s recruitment.
The Blues had previously parted ways with Thomas Tuchel. There had been differences between the coach and the new club management around the American investor Todd Boehly. Tuchel’s successor was Graham Potter. Now the post of sports director is to be filled.
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