90min.com schreibt:
The Blues reached an agreement over personal terms with Freund earlier this week but Salzburg later went public to stress that they had not been contacted and insisted that the sporting director would remain.
90min understands that Chelsea were confident that a deal for Freund would be wrapped up this week and have been left surprised by the decision, having been informed on Tuesday that Freund had changed his mind and was reluctant to go back on his new contract.