MOSCOW, June 22 Russian Marina Granovskaya resigns as Chelsea director , according to the website of the football club. It is noted that, despite leaving the position, she will continue to cooperate with the club's management until the close of the summer transfer window, to the extent necessary to support the work during the transition. «We thank Marina for her many years excellent work at the club and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours,» the statement read. The deal to transfer Chelsea from the ownership of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich to the Todd Boeli consortium officially closed at the end of May. Boeli took over as president of the club, and he will also act as sports director until an appropriate candidate is selected. Granovskaya has worked in the London team since 2010, and has been a member of the Chelsea board of directors since 2013. In November last year, the Russian woman was recognized as the best football manager in Europe according to the Italian publication Tuttosport. Abramovich has been the owner of Chelsea since the summer of 2003. Under him, the London club became the champion of England five times, won the FA Cup five times and won the English League Cup three times, and also won the Champions League and the Europa League twice each. In early March, Abramovich announced that he had put the club up for sale in connection with sanctions due to events in Ukraine.
