- Brighton confirmed the information on Tuesday morning following a Chelsea strategy
- Paul Winstanley joined Chelsea just a little over a yr in the past, additionally leaving the Seagulls
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Sam Jewell has accepted a suggestion to hitch Chelsea following his resignation from Brighton.
The former Seagulls head of recruitment, who’s the son of former Premier League supervisor Paul Jewell, is predicted to hitch the Blues in November after served his discover interval on the AMEX.
Brighton confirmed the information on Tuesday morning, saying that Jewell would begin a interval of gardening go away as they thanked him for his ‘lengthy service’ to the membership.
The transfer comes simply 16 months after Chelsea swooped in and appointed Jewell’s predecessor, Paul Winstanley, as their Director of Global Talent and Transfers, after an eight-year spell in Sussex.
They have now gone again to the south coast membership to take their head of recruitment, with the 34-year-old anticipated to work a world position concerned with numerous areas of Chelsea’s multi-club possession.
Sam Jewell will make the transfer from Brighton to Chelsea this yr following a interval of gardening go away
Jewell will observe his predecessor Paul Winstanley (pictured), who swapped Brighton for Chelsea 16 months in the past
Jewell is predicted to work across the recruitment division of Chelsea’s multi-club mannequin
Brighton introduced assistant technical director Mike Cave and scouting and intelligence supervisor George Holmes would take over Jewell’s responsivities.
Chelsea’s house owners have continued to construct their backroom workforce following their takeover in 2022, and they’re set to nominate Swansea head of soccer operations Josh Marsh as loans supervisor quickly.
Jewell, who rejected Rangers in October, joined Brighton in 2016 and has performed a key position within the recruitment of quite a few stars through the years which have ultimately moved on for large cash.
It is reported he was key to the signings of Moises Caicedo from Independiente for £4million in 2021, who was ultimately bought to Chelsea for £115million two years later.
He additionally helped carry Alexis Mac Allister to the AMEX, with the World Cup winner arriving from Argentinos Juniors in 2019 earlier than becoming a member of Liverpool for £35million in the summertime.
He was a reported goal for Manchester United, who, if they’d their approach, wished Dan Ashworth to come back in as sporting director, with Jason Wilcox and Jewell reporting in to him in an overhauled scouting and recruitment division.
Jewell would be the eleventh member of employees to make the transfer from Brighton to Chelsea in 21 months of Todd Boehly’s possession.
Alongside Winstanley and Caicedo, former supervisor Graham Potter, who was sacked final season, was one of many first appointments the American made when he took over from Roman Abramovic in May 2022.
The operating of Brighton has been long-praised, however they are going to be pissed off to as soon as once more lose a key member of employees to one of many sides they’re attempting to chase within the Premier League membership hierarchy.
Graham Potter is one in all 11 members of employees which have swapped Brighton for Chelsea beneath the Blues’ new possession
Marc Cucurella (left) and Moises Caicedo (proper) are two of the gamers who’ve made the swap between golf equipment
Billy Reid, Bjorn Hamberg, Bruno Saltor, Ben Roberts and Kyle McCauley are the opposite off-field names to have made the swap, whereas Robert Sanchez and Marc Cucurella each joined to assist the Blues’ on-field actions.
Levi Colwill, in the meantime, was on mortgage at Brighton final season however has since returned to the Blues.