Get To Know Marina Granovskaia, Chelsea Director Who Is Good At Negotiating Via WhatsApp In The Late Hours Of The Night

Chelsea Director Marina Granovskaia (INSTAGRAM @chelsiansshillong)

JAKARTA – Marina Granovskaia is one of the most trusted people at Chelsea football club. He occupied an important position at the London club because of his expertise in negotiations.

He was employed by Roman Abramovich for more than two decades. During her time at work Granovskaia used to use the WhatsApp messaging app in the late hours of the night to negotiate with the club's targeted players.

This once happened when the Blues tried to bring in Thiago Silva from Paris Saint-Germain. Granovskaia played an important role by communicating using the messaging app until the club got the Brazilian's signature.

The 47-year-old has held the position of director since 2013. She is respected at the club for her negotiating tactics to find targets and sell players in the transfer market.

How important Granovskaia is at Chelsea can at least be seen from the story of Eden Hazard's transfer to Real Madrid. At that time, the Belgian was only allowed to leave Stamford Bridge after the Blues received a stamp of approval from Granovskaia.

Thanks to the involvement of the Russian-born woman, Chelsea were able to sell Hazard at a price of 134 million Euros, or Rp. 2.1 trillion, even though the player's contract with the club was only one year. As such, it is no surprise that Granovskaia was successfully announced as Winner of the Best Club Director in European football at the Golden Boy Awards.

In addition, Granovskaia is responsible for bridging a sponsorship partnership between Nike and Chelsea worth 60 million Euros (Rp975) per year until 2022. He is also known for his non-out-of-hours approach which has helped the Blues make some great additions. normal.

French newspaper L'Equipe reports that Granovskaia is someone who often works in inconvenient times, even likes to run her business through the messaging platform WhatsApp.

Granovskaia has so far been involved in several magnificent Chelsea transfers since he rose to the board of directors. N'Golo Kante, Cesc Fabregas, Kai Havertz and most recently Romelu Lukaku, all moved to Stamford Bridge thanks to the negotiations.

Granovskaia is the most trusted person club owner Roman Abramovich. Their relationship began in 1997 when Granovskaia worked as his personal assistant at Sibneft, now Gazprom.

When Abramovich acquired Chelsea in 2003, Granovskaia was also brought to London before he was appointed as the club's owner representative in 2010.