Chelsea land former AC Milan, Manchester United and Barcelona chief

Chelsea have appointed Casper Stylsvig as Chief Revenue Officer at the club. Stylsvig joins the Blues having held the same role at AC Milan for more than four years.

The club's CRO is the latest addition to the west London side's leadership team. The last six months has seen Chris Jurasek appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Claire Cronin as Chier Marketing Officer.

Stylsvig said of his appointment: “I’m delighted to be joining Chelsea at a hugely exciting time for the club. “I’m looking forward to working with talented colleagues as part of the world-class team that has been built at Chelsea.”

Jurasek added: “Casper is a great addition to our leadership team, bringing extensive commercial and football experience to his role. I’m very pleased to welcome him to Chelsea."

The new financial chief is said to have been instrumental in rebuilding AC Milan's brand and doubled the Serie A side's commercial revenue. He helped launch The Studios: Milan Media House in 2021 which is the Rossoneri's self-owned media hub. It's ambition was to centralise the 'creation, production and distribution of all of the Club's audiovisual content'.

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His stint in Milan also saw him add 40 partnerships and renewal of a Puma deal worth €30million-a-year. That contributed to Milan announcing a financial profit for the first time in 17 years having generated record revenues of €404.5 million in the 2022/23 season. Income from commercial revenues increased to €44.4 million for the year.

Stylsvig also had some thanks for his former club.

“Big thanks to everyone who made my