Chelsea reportedly tried as hard as they could to hire former Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards.
CBS Sports journalist Ben Jacobs has tweeted an update on the situation at Chelsea, with the Blues keen to have a new transfer negotiator in place after this summer, in time for the next transfer window in January.
Edwards was targeted by Chelsea after his tremendous work at Liverpool, but Jacobs claims the timing just wasn’t right.
See below for further details, with Monaco chief Paul Mitchell said to be open to the role, having previously also impressed in roles at Tottenham, Southampton and RB Leipzig…
First meaningful contact with Edwards was soon after Clearlake-Boehly took over in June. Talks continued right up until early August. As previously reported, #CFC want to appoint a sporting director soon after the window to be ready for January. Paul Mitchell remains keen.
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) August 15, 2022
Mitchell could be ideal to help Chelsea move forward, as the club probably won’t want to keep Todd Boehly in that role, even if he’s been in charge of transfers temporarily this summer since buying the club from Roman Abramovich, which led to Marina Granovskaia leaving her role.
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Cristiano Ronaldo remains part of the #MUFC project and there is no intention of parting ways with him. This is the thinking within the club, and with Erik ten Hag.
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— CaughtOffside (@caughtoffside) August 15, 2022
Edwards would surely have been the dream appointment after his signings of the likes of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and numerous other world class performers at Liverpool.
Chelsea needs a sporting director ASAP. The club cannot continue with Todd in this role for the up coming window. Paying outrageous sums for minor signings. Other clubs will take advantage of that and we won’t be able to get any bargain transfers.