Todd Boehly made a transfer move in the summer which may have involved discussions with Christoph Freund, who had looked to be the frontrunner to become Chelsea's new sporting director.
Boehly has been looking for a suitable candidate to fill the role for a while now, even before he appointed himself to the position on an interim basis over the summer transfer window that has just passed, during which saw the American oversaw an outlay of around £270million on new recruits.
Liverpool's Michael Edwards and Monaco's Paul Mitchell were two early frontrunners in the race to become the new Marina Granovskaia of SW6 but with one candidate wanting a break from football and another not wanting to be let go by his current club, both were not viable in the end as Chelsea continue to look for a solution.
