Chelsea set to appoint Chris Jurasek as chief executive
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Chelsea are set to appoint Chris Jurasek as the club’s new chief executive.
Jurasek has been working as an operating executive for Clearlake Capital — the US private equity firm that now co-owns Chelsea alongside a consortium of investors including Todd Boehly.
Jurasek was also chief executive of a business funded by the California-based private equity firm and has already attended some business meetings in view of taking the position at the west London club, where he will aid Boehly in overseeing proceedings.
Tom Glick, who was appointed as the president of business at Chelsea in July 2022, is expected to report to Jurasek once he officially begins the role.
Glick previously worked at New York City FC and the City Football Group and was chief executive at Derby County in the 2000s.
Chelsea have endured a testing season on the pitch in what is Clearlake and Boehley’s first season at the helm.
Over two transfer windows, Chelsea spent more than £500million ($626m) but with results sorely lacking, both Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter were sacked as head coach.
Frank Lampard is now in interim charge with a permanent successor to Potter not yet announced. Former Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino is top of the list to succeed the Englishman.
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