Chelsea target Christoph Freund will remain in his role as Salzburg s sporting director, the Austrian club confirmed.
Freund and Blues owner Todd Boehly had reached a verbal agreement for the 45-year-old to join Chelsea, reports on Monday stated, but no move will take place.
Salzburg confirmed on Tuesday Freund will stay at the club in the position in which he succeeded Ralf Rangnick in the 2015-16 season.
In a statement on the official club website, general manager Stephan Reiter said: Christoph Freund has been performing wonderful work for us for many years, and only recently extended his contract to 2026.
I can hereby confirm that he will remain FC Red Bull Salzburg sporting director. He informed me about the interest of Chelsea, of course, and we hav…