Petr Cech leaves Chelsea as Maxwell and Edwards linked with senior role

Chelsea’s revolution under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital is starting to gather pace after Petr Cech became the latest figure to leave the club.

Cech’s decision to quit his role as technical and performance adviser came after talks with Boehly, who is leading the pursuit of new signings, and has added to the sense of upheaval around Stamford Bridge. Boehly, the new co-controlling owner, has already agreed to replace Bruce Buck as chairman and has stepped in as interim sporting director following confirmation of Marina Granovskaia’s departure last week.

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The American is working to land Thomas Tuchel’s transfer targets and the long-term plan is to revamp Chelsea’s recruitment structure, with the former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain defender Maxwell the latest name to come up in conversations about the sporting director role.

In the short-term this promises to be a challenging first summer for Boehly, who has taken on Granovskaia’s responsibilities around transfers and player contracts. Chelsea, who have also lost their former head of goalkeepers Christophe Lollichon and chief executive Guy Laurence depart, need to strengthen in several areas. They are chasing two new central defenders, with targets including Juventus’s Matthijs de Ligt, Sevilla’s Jules Koundé and Manchester City’s Nathan Aké, while confidence is growing that Tuchel will bolster his attack by signing Raheem Sterling from City.

However the amount of change that has taken place since the Boehly-Clearlake consortium completed its takeover last month has understandably led to a scattergun feel to Chelsea’s transfer plans. Several sources have described the current