Chelsea have set their sights on following successful club models used at Manchester City and RB Leipzig with Todd Boehly moving to create a new and sustainable system in place at Stamford Bridge.
The latest move, after gutting the internal structure in place, is not only to start the metamorphosis into a multi-club group but also to put contingency plans in place with sporting advisors, technical directors and a director of football. Although these three roles are basically the same thing, Chelsea and the new owners want more hands involved in creating the new-modernised club system.
At Manchester City, where they took onboard Txiki Begiristain from Barcelona in order to lure Pep Guardiola to the Etihad Stadium, Chelsea have given new manager Graham Potter some level of input into who is appointed at the top of the new footballing hierarchy.
