Vesper 30,195 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Chelsea plan further talks with Tim Steidten for sporting director role Owners change focus after Salzburg’s Freund turned down role Head physio Thierry Laurent latest to go in club restructure https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/sep/27/Chelsea-plan-further-talks-with-tim-steidten-for-sporting-director-role Chelsea are planning further talks with Bayer Leverkusen’s Tim Steidten over their sporting director role as the internal restructuring under the club’s new owners continues to gather pace. The new regime, led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, have been making changes behind the scenes and made their latest move on Tuesday by informing Chelsea’s head physio, Thierry Laurent, that his services are no longer required. Laurent has been at Stamford Bridge for 17 years and his exit follows the news of the departure of the club doctor, Paco Biosca, signalling the desire of Boehly and Clearlake to bring in their own people. Chelsea intend to make hires in the medical department in due course and are also looking to reorganise their recruitment team. During the summer Marina Granovskaia, who largely took charge of transfers during the Roman Abramovich era, and the technical and performance adviser Petr Cech departed. Boehly also replaced Bruce Buck as chairman while the club’s head of scouting, Scott McLachlan, left this month. The aim is to take a collaborative approach to recruitment, with departments working closely together. Chelsea, who sacked Thomas Tuchel and replaced the German with Graham Potter as head coach this month, have targeted several candidates for their sporting director roles. Ideally they would like that job to be focused on data and recruitment, but they do not want the role to have too many responsibilities. It means they are also looking to hire a new technical director to oversee operations at their training ground. Chelsea had hoped to appoint Red Bull Salzburg’s Christoph Freund as sporting director, only for the Austrian to turn them down last week. They have switched focus elsewhere and have held positive initial talks with Steidten, who dealt with Chelsea over Callum Hudson-Odoi’s recent loan move to Leverkusen. Part of Steidten’s appeal is his focus on data. The 43-year-old was appointed as Leverkusen’s squad planner in 2019 and became the Bundesliga club’s sporting director last summer. Chelsea have also considered Leeds United’s Victor Orta. They have encountered frustration in attempts to hire the former Liverpool transfer guru Michael Edwards, who has been linked with Manchester United. It is also understood Chelsea, who are keen to make an appointment before the World Cup, could look at internal candidates. The new sporting director will need to work with Potter’s trusted recruitment analyst, Kyle Macaulay. It is understood Macaulay has already made a strong impression on staff at Chelsea. The exit of Laurent brought the number of departures from Chelsea up to four in the past week alone. Last week Chelsea fired their commercial director, Darren Willoughby, for sending “inappropriate messages”. The club’s director of communications, Steve Atkins, is also poised to leave in December and take up a role at McLaren Racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: Like and respect the guy, but please no. Are we finally gonna learn something, or Potter is another piece of our everlasting "change everything for hundreds of millions just to change nothing at all" philosophy? bigbluewillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 9 hours ago, Tomo said: Small crumb of hope i have is he appears very close to Reece so maybe, just maybe he can persuade him. I won't hold my breath on it but Joe Cole helped swing Hazard in our favour so you never know. It's the hope that kills. 🙂 Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 7 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said: That's interesting news. Assuming that it's true then, even if we don't want to bring Tammy back, I expect we'll try to cash out the option. Maybe by exercising it then selling on at a profit or by allowing Roma to buy it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 17 minutes ago, Hermione said: Looks like Nkunku is coming next summer, hopefully doesn't mean our pursuit of Leao is dead. I think it would be either Leao or Nkunku, not both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDA 9,941 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I'm not getting excited until the deal is done, especially with Barca being in existence.. OK I'm a little excited... bigbluewillie, OhForAGreavsie and Vesper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 I don't think there's a chance in hell of getting Leao, too many top clubs after him. Nkunku on the other hand I really like hopefully he'll be a proper propect. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 (edited) Edited October 1, 2022 by Blues Forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 2,716 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Nkunku looks a real real talent. Quick, great shooting both inside and outside the box. Seems to have a good rhythm and understanding of the game. Super impressed by his ability to find a man running through the channels. Would be stoked if we get him. A young, pacey forward who knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clockwork 1,794 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Not popular opinion, but i do not rate him. Type of player that really looks bang on average if you take away his goals. Vesper, kexik and bigbluewillie 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 RB Leipzig's 24-year-old France forward Christopher Nkunku has already completed a medical ahead of joining Chelsea for £52m in next summer's transfer window. (Bild) Vesper, Norfolkblue1961 and Blue Armour 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guddy69 174 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 9 hours ago, Clockwork said: Not popular opinion, but i do not rate him. Type of player that really looks bang on average if you take away his goals. Like Haaland.. Rubbish 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireBlue 3,277 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Clockwork said: Not popular opinion, but i do not rate him. Type of player that really looks bang on average if you take away his goals. Starting to be none of your posts are popular opinions, quickly becoming a negative nelly ain't you lol Norfolkblue1961 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Hermione said: Unless Kai recovers from covid soon enough I hope we get both Leao and Nkunku. Havertz is most likely will leave for Bayern next summer. Signing both Nkunku and Leao are unnecessary to me. What we should be looking are RW, ST, creative CM, and DM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxlev 54 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Just one creative midfielder with modric or Fabregas qualities changes everything abt this team especially our attack. Looking deeply, that is one of our major problem. Even if we have a DM, if there is no creative and forward minded guy in the midfield we will keep on struggling to create clear cut chances. Jorginho passes mostly in short sideways direction. Kovacic have no clue once he gets near the opponent defence area, only kante tries to put in few good decisions. We really need a top creative midfielder. blues.bridge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 37 minutes ago, Hermione said: Unless Kai recovers from covid soon enough I hope we get both Leao and Nkunku. zero chance Leao will accept £100K to £115K PW for a salary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,195 Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 I think it will be easier to pull black players from Serie A now that Italy will have a full throat fascist (with nazi elements) party in power the racism there is already bonkers against the players of colour, and will only get worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, Vesper said: I think it will be easier to pull black players from Serie A now that Italy will have a full throat fascist (with nazi elements) party in power the racism there is already bonkers against the players of colour, and will only get worse Amid the depression brought on by the rightward shift in politics, along with the downward shift in the intellectual and moral quality of leading politicians, this never occurred to me. You have a good point. A sad one, but a good one. Edited October 2, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAGreavsie 6,076 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, bigbluewillie said: RB Leipzig's 24-year-old France forward Christopher Nkunku has already completed a medical ahead of joining Chelsea for £52m in next summer's transfer window. (Bild) I don't think we have the full picture about how this medical came about, and what it tells us about the future intentions of the player and the clubs. What I think we can tell however is that a twelve-months old exam isn't going to satisfy the insurers in summer 2023. Another medical would have to be done so I'm not sure what to make of this story. Edit: Unless a deal has actually been completed and all parties have agreed to keep it quiet for whatever reason. Could such a deal get done without leaking? Not sure about that either. Edited October 2, 2022 by OhForAGreavsie Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 And let’s see if he still wants to come if we don’t have cl football Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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