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Chelsea have announced the shock news that chief executive Peter Kenyon will
be leaving the club at the end of October.
Kenyon, who relinquished his role at Manchester United in order to join
Chelsea in the early months of Roman Abramovich's reign ni 2003, will
continue to represent the club as a non-executive director and at various
European committees.
However, his day-to-day running of the West London side will come to an end
on October 31, Chelsea confirmed on Wednesday afternoon.
"I am extremely proud of my time at Chelsea and of the friendships I have
forged with everyone here," Kenyon told the club's official website. "I have
been in football for 15 years and I can say with great certainty and
pleasure the experience at Chelsea is one of the best I have had.
"When I joined Chelsea it was an incredible challenge and together with all
the staff, the players, the board and Roman, I think we have really built a
club, in a relatively short space of time, that can be in the forefront of
European football for many years to come. That is a major achievement.
"I am also delighted that our relationship is not ending and I can continue
to make a contribution to keeping Chelsea in that position and to go back to
visit friends. I intend to take a little time off before considering what I
do next but I am certain I have at least one more major challenge left in
me."
Abramovich's success in luring Kenyon to Stamford Bridge from United was one
of the early indications that the Russian's takeover was signalling a real
change in the balance of power in English football.
Along with Abramovich, Kenyon played a key role in the removal of manager
Claudio Ranieri, replacing the Italian with Jose Mourinho following his
success in winning the Champions League with Porto in 2004. Under the
Portuguese, Chelsea won back-to-back Premier League titles.
As well as orchestrating some of the biggest transfers in British football
history, including the then-record signing of ￡30 million Andriy Shevchenko
from Milan in 2006, Kenyon also helped to usher the club through turbulent
times following the departure of Mourinho in September 2007, the sackings of
Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari and, this summer, the appointment of
current manager Carlo Ancelotti.
In recent weeks Chelsea have come under fire for their recruitment of Gael
Kakuta, incurring a transfer ban from FIFA for inducing the Lens youngster
to break his contract with Lens, but Kenyon strongly defended the club's
conduct ahead of an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The
current chief executive will not be in charge when the appeal is heard
though.
Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck paid tribute to Kenyon's work at Stamford Bridge
over the past six years, stating: "Without his football knowledge and
business acumen Chelsea would not be where we are today.
"Everyone at Chelsea thanks him for that contribution and although he will
not be with us on a permanent basis he will have an important role to play
as a non-executive director and in the various roles he holds in European
football bodies. Whatever his next permanent job we wish him the best of
luck in the future.
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