It is expected that Chelsea will appoint German Christopher Vivell as their technical director. On Friday, RB Leipzig sacked Vivell after days he held talks with Chelsea in London on Tuesday. Vivell has been in Leipzig since 2020.
Chelsea is making changes to the infrastructure and has been speaking to candidates about their technical director and sporting director roles. Chelsea is expecting the technical director to look after the day-to-day running of their training ground.
Chelsea is also looking for a sporting director after data and recruitment. Chelsea was close to hiring Christoph Freund as sporting director, but their talks broke last month.
Todd Boehly, who is chairman and interim sporting director of Chelsea, has spoken about his desire to create a multi-club model. The sporting director of Chelsea will be expected to work in tandem with Kyle Macaulay, who is Potter’s recruitment analyst.
Chelsea is also considering signing the striker Christopher Nkunku and RB Leipzig defender Josko Gvardiol.
On Wednesday night, in the match against Milan, which they won by 3-0, Chelsea’s defender Wesley Fofana suffered an injury, but after learning that the defender’s knee injury is not serious, Chelsea’s fears over Fofana have been allayed.
In a scan report, it is shown that Fofana did not sustain a serious ligament tear, and is likely to be out for about four weeks. There are a lot of chances that the defender Fofana will return before the World Cup.
