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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jacob Steinberg

Chelsea want Brighton’s Winstanley to join Stewart on recruitment team

Chelsea are continuing to restructure under the ownership of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
Chelsea are continuing to restructure under the ownership of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Wolves/Getty Images

Chelsea have continued the rebuild of their recruitment department by appointing Monaco’s Laurence Stewart as technical director and are also looking to poach Brighton & Hove Albion’s head of recruitment, Paul Winstanley.

Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital have been making changes to Chelsea’s infrastructure since buying the club in May and are looking to build a strong recruitment team around the head coach, Graham Potter. Christopher Vivell, who was fired by RB Leizpig last month, is poised to join in a technical director-style role and Joe Shields is due to arrive as co-director of recruitment once he has seen out his gardening leave at Southampton.

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