Chelsea approached Michael Edwards to be ‘CEO of Football’ Man Utd link ‘fiction’

Chelsea’s recruitment rebuild would not preclude them from hiring Michael Edwards in future, who was targeted in a ‘CEO of Football’ capacity rather than as a sporting director.

The man who helped construct the squad to end Liverpool’s three-decade title drought while advancing their facilities and backroom staff, engaged with Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital over the evolution at Stamford Bridge.

Edwards, on a self-decided sabbatical, had shunned talks with several of Europe’s elite but listened to the proposal from Chelsea who wanted him sit at the top of their football operations.

Recruitment would have been one of the departments feeding into him under their vision.

Edwards was interested in the scope of the role, but said the timing was not right as he sticks to his commitment of spending time with his family.