Many were left surprised when it was announced that Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia has left the club, while the new owner Todd Boehly was named chairman and interim sporting director. It was late June and they agreed that she will be available if needed until the end of the transfer window. “We thank Marina for her many years of excellent service to the club and wish her all the best in her future ventures’ said the American in a statement. But, if Saif Rubie’s recent quotes are right, it’s safe to say that Boehly never called Granovskaia again.🙏 “Rudiger was very happy to stay.”❌ “The previous owners of Chelsea didn’t see value in keeping Rudiger.”💷 “Real’s deal was the smallest on offer! An English club offered almost double!”Football intermediary @SaifPR reveals details of Antonio Rudiger’s #CFC exit. pic.twitter.com/EzmdFloPtq— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) September 5, 2022 Football agent, who among other things was intermediate in the Antonio Rudiger’s deal to Real Madrid, claims that Boehly is blaming his former sporting director for the defensive crisis, after which the new owner had to invest over 183 million euros in order to make a totally new defense.“The new regime had to come and pick up the pieces of decisions that were made by the old regime. Things like letting Guehi go to Crystal Palace, who was also a defender, letting Tomori go for not a lot of money to AC Milan. When I spoke to the new regime, I said the old regime cost you 100 million pounds. Do you know what they said to me? “More” said Rubie.Chelsea overhaul: Granovskaia at the exit door, Atletico’s sports director to put out the fire at Stamford BridgeOf course, he was taking mainly about Antonio Rudiger, who was surprisingly let go as a free agent and signed for Real Madrid. Reports were different, from those that Chelsea offered a lot of money but the German international wanted a fortune, to those that the Blues didn’t offer that much at all, and Rubie was, as expected, on the side with the latter claims.“What if I told you Chelsea, and the old regime, basically made next to no effort to keep the player. At the time he was very happy to stay and potentially be the captain of the club. He was offered a contract that was half the amount Romelu Lukaku were earning” he said.How to destroy the whole defense in a year: Chelsea’s mess at the backChelsea ended up without almost whole defensive unit, as Rudiger and Andreas Christensen left as free agents, while Marc Guehi was sold to Crystal Palace for 21 million euros and Fikayo Tomori for 29 to AC Milan. Marina Granovskaia began working at Chelsea when former owner Roman Abramovich bought the west London club in 2003, taking charge of player transfers and contracts in 2013 and made some huge transfers like 150 million deal to sell Eden Hazard to Real, but also spent big to buy Romelu Lukaku, Kai Havertz, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Hakim Ziyech, Edouard Mendy and Thiago Silva.##NAJAVA_MECA_6624799##
