Chelsea in limbo as Todd Boehly quits major role after Joao Felix's £9.6m transfer 'agreed'
Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has quit as interim sporting director, handing responsibility for transfers to the club's new recruitment team. Boehly will continue as the Blues' sole chairman after leading transfer negotiations since a whirlwind summer of 2022.
He was named interim sporting director following the departures of Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech at Stamford Bridge last summer. However, report that he is no longer in that role after hiring a new recruiting team, some of which began work this month.
Chelsea already completed three signings in January, acquiring teenage duo David Datro Fofana and Andrey Santos and securing a £35m deal for Benoit Badiashile. And now reports confirm Chelsea have agreed a £9.6m deal with Atletico Madrid to sign Joao Felix on loan until the end of the season.
The Blues look set to beat Arsenal and Manchester United to sign the 23-year-old, bolstering their attacking ranks ahead of Christopher Nkunku's imminent arrival in the summer.
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But Boehly is no longer at the heart of the negotiations, passing responsibility to new technical director Christopher Vivell and director of global talent and transfers Paul Winstanley. Co-director of recruitment and talent Joe Shields and technical director Laurence Stewart will join the duo next month to lead Chelsea's transfer strategy.
The American co-owner, who teamed up with Behdad Eghbali to buy the club from Roman Abramovich, saw his role as interim sporting director only as a short-term solution while he stabilized the ship. He wants Winstanley and Vivell to lure some of the world's most exciting young talent to west London while strengthening Graham Potter's first team.
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It is claimed that Potter also wants to add a right-back and a midfielder to his ranks before the winter transfer deadline.
He is keen to sign a replacement for Reece James, whose injuries this season have impacted Chelsea's results since Potter took over from Thomas Tuchel at the helm.
The Blues tried an audacious move for the best young player of the 2022 World Cup, Enzo Fernandez, but refused to bow to Benfica's stubborn stance and pay his £105m release clause .
With Chelsea currently 10th in the Premier League, Boehly hopes his support of Potter this month will help propel the Londoners into the top four in May.
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Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly has quit as interim sporting director, handing responsibility for transfers to the club's new recruitment team. Boehly will continue as the Blues' sole chairman after leading transfer negotiations since a whirlwind summer of 2022.
He was named interim sporting director following the departures of Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech at Stamford Bridge last summer. However, report that he is no longer in that role after hiring a new recruiting team, some of which began work this month.
Chelsea already completed three signings in January, acquiring teenage duo David Datro Fofana and Andrey Santos and securing a £35m deal for Benoit Badiashile. And now reports confirm Chelsea have agreed a £9.6m deal with Atletico Madrid to sign Joao Felix on loan until the end of the season.
The Blues look set to beat Arsenal and Manchester United to sign the 23-year-old, bolstering their attacking ranks ahead of Christopher Nkunku's imminent arrival in the summer.
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But Boehly is no longer at the heart of the negotiations, passing responsibility to new technical director Christopher Vivell and director of global talent and transfers Paul Winstanley. Co-director of recruitment and talent Joe Shields and technical director Laurence Stewart will join the duo next month to lead Chelsea's transfer strategy.
The American co-owner, who teamed up with Behdad Eghbali to buy the club from Roman Abramovich, saw his role as interim sporting director only as a short-term solution while he stabilized the ship. He wants Winstanley and Vivell to lure some of the world's most exciting young talent to west London while strengthening Graham Potter's first team.
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It is claimed that Potter also wants to add a right-back and a midfielder to his ranks before the winter transfer deadline.
He is keen to sign a replacement for Reece James, whose injuries this season have impacted Chelsea's results since Potter took over from Thomas Tuchel at the helm.
The Blues tried an audacious move for the best young player of the 2022 World Cup, Enzo Fernandez, but refused to bow to Benfica's stubborn stance and pay his £105m release clause .
With Chelsea currently 10th in the Premier League, Boehly hopes his support of Potter this month will help propel the Londoners into the top four in May.
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