Following the exits of Thomas Tuchel, Bruce Buck, Marina Granovskaia and Petr Cech, Todd Boehly’s ruthless clearout continues – long-serving head physiotherapist Thierry Laurent left the club in a major change to their medical department. The club’s off-field exodus has been going strong since Chelsea FC was taken over by the Boehly-Clearlake Capital consortium.Also, medical director Dr Paco Biosca, who was in his position for 11 years, left the Stamford Bridge club with Laurent. To make the matter even more insensitive – Laurent was informed of the news on a short zoom call on Tuesday.🔵#Chelsea have parted company with head physiotherapist Thierry Laurent.[via @AdrianJKajumba] pic.twitter.com/3C1Qkyp0qm— CFC Buddy💥 (@CFCBuddy) September 27, 2022 Chelsea’s new owners conducted a 100-day review of the entire club following their takeover at the end of last season and manager Tuchel was the biggest casualty, being sacked earlier this month just seven games into the season.During the summer chairman Buck, influential director Granovskaia and technical and performance advisor Cech were among the members of the Chelsea hierarchy to leave, resulting in Boehly taking over as chairman and interim sporting director as well as being a co-controlling owner.Laurent arrived at Chelsea in 2005 with an impressive CV having worked at France’s national football centre Clairefontaine for 15 years. He was France’s physio at the 1996 Olympics and between 1997 and 2005 before a second spell between 2012 and 2014, being part of a setup that went to seven major international tournaments.##NAJAVA_MECA_6677517##He was initially responsible for the care of Chelsea’s first team players on his arrival in 2005 before becoming head physio in 2014, leading the first team’s medics while also overlooking the academy and ladies side’s medical teams.
