Chelsea have confirmed that Laurence Stewart will join the club as a technical director to focus on football globally, a new position with the west London side. The role appears to indicate some focus towards plans to form a multi-club model.
Stewart currently holds a role with AS Monaco as technical director and will join the Blues when his commitments to the Ligue 1 side end. Before this Stewart was global head of scouting at Red Bull Soccer International and was previously head of performance analysis at Manchester City.
The new appointment made clear his enthusiasm of building a 'world-class global sporting organisation' with the Blues. His focus on player pathways appears to reflect Todd Boehly's hope of building a development route the club can control.
