Chelsea Football Club has appointed Brighton’s head of recruitment Sam Jewell, according to Sports Transfer Journalist Fabrizio Romano.
Sam Jewell becomes the 11th staff member to join Chelsea from Brighton since Boehly took over Chelsea in the past 17 months.
In that 17 months span: Graham Potter, Billy Reid, Björn Hamberg, Bruno Saltor, Ben Roberts, Kyle McCauley, Paul Winstanley, Robert Sánchez, Marc Cucurella. Moisés Caicedo, Sam Jewell have all switched club allegiance from Brighton to Stamford Bridge.
According to Fabrizio, Jewell will be part of a multi-club project to bring in and select new players for Chelsea and more clubs.
He’s been placed on gardening leave as Mike Cave and George Holmes will assume responsibilities at Brighton.
