Chelsea have confirmed that Marina Granovskaia will leave her role as sporting director this summer as the major overhaul at the club continues following the announcement that Bruce Buck will also stand down as chairman. New co-owner Todd Boehly replaces Buck following the purchase of the club from Roman Abramovich , with the American now taking the lead in negotiations in the transfer market too as interim sporting director . Boehly is understood to have been key in the negotiations for Romelu Lukaku’s return to Inter Milan on loan. The new co-controlling owner has been confirmed as the Stamford Bridge club’s new chairman, replacing Buck. Granovskaia had “acted as a representative of the owner at the club and in support of the board of directors” since 2010 and was appointed to the board in 2013 when she took charge of transfer and contract negotiations. The Russian, who began working for Abramovich in 1997 at Sibneft, the oil company he previously owned,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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