Boehly steps down as Chelsea’s Sporting Director

Chelsea billionaire owner Todd Boehly has stepped down as the club’s interim sporting director.

This comes as he has now handed the position to Christopher Vivell and Paul Winstanley, who will oversee transfer activity henceforth.

Recall that Boehly became Chelsea’s interim sporting director after Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech left Stamford Bridge in the summer.

Since taking over from former owner Roman Abramovich, the club’s owners have started bringing in a new management team and have named Vivell as technical director and Winstanley as director of global talent and transfers.

A report via the Telegraph revealed that Boehly is now only Chelsea’s chairman as Vivell and Winstanley will lead the Blues’ transfer strategy now.

The duo were spotted with new signing Benoit Badiashile and were key in his capture.

They will be joined by Joe Shields, the co-director of recruitment and talent, and Laurence Stewart.