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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Exclusive by Jacob Steinberg

Chelsea hired law firm to look into club executive’s response to female agent

Chelsea’s president of business, Tom Glick, pictured at April’s game against Liverpool.
Chelsea’s president of business, Tom Glick, pictured at April’s game against Liverpool. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters

Chelsea brought in an external law firm to investigate whether their president of business, Tom Glick, acted appropriately when he told a female agent that her complaints to him about the behaviour of a club executive did not interest him and were not relevant to his job.

The club sought outside help over Catalina Kim alerting Glick last year to historical messages of a sexual nature to her from Damian Willoughby, whose brief period as Chelsea’s commercial director ended last September with his sacking over the matter.

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