Chelsea poach 11th member of Brighton staff in last 18 months
Brighton and Hove Albion have confirmed that head of recruitment Sam Jewell has accepted an offer to join Chelsea — the 11th backroom team member to depart the Amex Stadium for Stamford Bridge in the last 18 months.
Jewell took over from Paul Winstanley as Brighton's head of recruitment back in 2022, when Winstanley also joined Chelsea to take up the role of director of global talent and transfers. The Englishman has enjoyed incredible success in his role at Brighton, playing a key role in the signings of Alexis Mac Allister, Julio Enciso and Moises Caicedo among others.
But Brighton have confirmed that Jewell will commence a period of gardening leave after accepting a new job at Chelsea, with Mike Cave, assistant technical director, taking over his responsibilities with the support of scouting and intelligence manager, George Holmes.
Jewell is the latest in a long line of staff members that Chelsea have poached from Brighton since Todd Boehly assumed control of the club from Roman Abramovich in May 2022.
The recruitment guru is the 11th staff member to be poached from the south coast in the last 18 months, with head coach Graham Potter sparking the exodus of off-pitch figures when he was appointed by the Blues in September 2022.
Sam Jewell has accepted a new position at <a href=«https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC?ref_src=» https:>@ChelseaFC
. He has now commenced a period of gardening leave.We thank him for his long service to our club.
Chelsea have forked out roughly £180m while purchasing three Brighton players under the free-spending BlueCo regime, with Caicedo and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez arriving a year after Marc Cucurella made the switch in August 2022.
Jewell is expected to take on more responsibilities at Chelsea
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