Sports director search: Chelsea have Leverkusen’s Tim Steidten in mind
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Chelsea are looking for a new sporting director and have their eye on Bayer Leverkusen’s Tim Steidten. Alongside Steidten, the Blues are joined by RB Salzburg’s Christoph Freund, PSG’s Luis Campos, Monaco’s Paul Mitchell and ex-Liverpool’s Michael Edwards
Chelsea want to sign a new sporting director before the winter transfer window. Red Bull Salzburg’s Christoph Freund is the favourite. But the current sports manager at Bayer Leverkusen, Tim Steidten, is also on the blues list.
That reports The Athletic. Accordingly, the new Chelsea owners around the American billionaire Todd Boehly are not necessarily looking for a big name to reposition themselves next to Tuchel’s successor Graham Potter.
Rather, the new sports director must have demonstrated that he can work successfully with other decision-makers in a large team. The successor to the former managers Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech should also bring a strong expertise in scouting and data analysis.
Tim Steidten seems to fit this profile. The 43-year-old began his career in 2006 as a scout in Werder Bremen’s youth division and worked his way up to the position of squad planner for the first team, which he held from 2016. In 2019, Steidten then moved to Bayer Leverkusen, where he has headed the scouting department for the past three years. Since this season he has been the sports manager at the Werkself.
Of the dyke room According to Steidten, he was only in direct contact with the Blues a few weeks ago as part of a loan deal from Callum Hudson-Odoi. According to the well-known Werder portal, Hudson-Odoi was able to convince immediately under the Bayerkreuz, which in turn is said to have impressed the Londoners.
Next to Freund and Steidten stand loud The Athletic Paris Saint-Germain’s Luis Campos, former Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards and Monaco’s Paul Mitchell are also on Chelsea’s list of candidates.
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