The arrival of Laurence Stewart signals a key moment in Todd Boehley's early days as Chelsea majority shareholder as he now looks to have completed the backroom team will work towards implementing his long-term ambitions in West London.
The technical director joins from current club Monaco, having previously held a role within the Red Bull Soccer International as global head of scouting. The Brit was also formerly head of performance analysis at Manchester City and boasts an impressive CV within world football.
Having worked within both the Red Bull system and with Manchester City, who are part of the wider City Football Group network, he is well positioned to bring Chelsea towards their goal of building such a group for themselves. Boehly confirmed this plan at a recent SALT conference, saying: “We’ve talked about having a multi-club model.