Chris Jurasek Appointed as Chelsea’s New Chief Govt

Chelsea introduced Tuesday the appointment of Chris Jurasek as their new chief government, with president of enterprise Tom Glick about to go away the membership after lower than a yr.

After a lowly Twelfth-place Premier League end in Clearlake Capital’s first season as house owners, Chelsea appointed Mauricio Pochettino as their new supervisor on Monday, with the London aspect in search of a return to the English and European triumphs they loved throughout Roman Abramovich’s reign at Stamford Bridge.

Jurasek, an government at American co-owner Todd Boehly’s Clearlake group, will oversee all enterprise areas at Chelsea and report back to the board alongside co-sporting administrators Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley.

“I’m delighted to be becoming a member of Chelsea, a membership which is beloved and adopted everywhere in the world,” Jurasek mentioned in a press release. “I’m enormously proud to be main it into the subsequent chapter in its wealthy historical past.

“We’ve enormous alternatives to develop on and off the pitch and to have interaction our distinctive followers each in London and wherever they’re supporting us from.”

Behdad Eghbali and Jose E Feliciano, co-controlling house owners, mentioned: “Chris’ ability and experience will assist us to drive the membership ahead in all areas, significantly in supporting our long-term plans for Chelsea.

Former Manchester Metropolis government Glick can be leaving, having solely been appointed final July.

Earlier this month, the Guardian reported Chelsea had employed a legislation agency to evaluate whether or not Glick acted appropriately when he informed a feminine agent her complaints to him concerning the behaviour of a membership government didn’t curiosity him and weren’t related to his job.

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