Chelsea announced Tuesday the appointment of Chris Jurasek as their new chief executive, with president of business Tom Glick about to leave the club after less than a year.
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After a lowly 12th-place Premier League finish in Clearlake Capital’s first season as owners, Chelsea appointed Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager on Monday, with the London side seeking a return to the English and European triumphs they enjoyed during Roman Abramovich’s reign at Stamford Bridge.

Jurasek, an executive at American co-owner Todd Boehly’s Clearlake group, will oversee all business areas at Chelsea and report to the board alongside co-sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley.

“I’m delighted to be joining Chelsea, a club which is loved and followed all over the world,” Jurasek said in a statement. “I’m enormously proud to be leading it into the next chapter in its rich history.
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“We have huge opportunities to grow on and off the pitch and to engage our exceptional fans both in London and wherever they are supporting us from.”

Behdad Eghbali and Jose E Feliciano, co-controlling owners, said: “Chris’ skill and expertise will help us to drive the club forward in all areas, particularly in supporting our long-term plans for Chelsea.

Former Manchester City executive Glick will be leaving, having only been appointed last July.

Earlier this month, the Guardian reported Chelsea had hired a law firm to assess whether Glick acted appropriately when he told a female agent her complaints to him about the behaviour of a club executive did not interest him and were not relevant to his job.
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