Who is going to be the next long-term sporting director at Stamford Bridge?
This is the key question of the day after it was revealed by German outlet Sport Bild that Todd Boehly and his group were already preparing for life without Marina Granovskaia after it was revealed that the Russian was set to leave the club by August. Granovskaia, alongside the likes of Bruce Buck, have been long-serving directors at Stamford Bridge under the now-former owner who sold the club to Boehly and the Clearlake Capital consortium earlier this week. The Russian businesswoman, who is renown for leading the club's transfer negotiations, won the award for best sporting director at the most recent Golden Boy awards.
Therefore reports stating that her exit is to follow Abramovich's will be somewhat of a blow to the current Club World Champions who have prospered greatly off some of her business decisions- not always restricted to the transfer market. football.london understands that it is true that Granovskaia could certainly leave the club in the future but the August time frame as reported in Germany may be a little premature due to the fact that the club will not want more instability during the upcoming summer transfer window.
