Todd Kline has officially begun his stint at Chelsea and Tottenham are soon expected to make a big announcement about the role that he vacated.
Todd Kline’s short tenure at Tottenham
Kline was appointed as the North London club’s chief commercial officer back in March of 2021 but his stay at the club was relatively short.
It emerged earlier this year that Kline had vacated his position at Spurs to take over at Chelsea, and he was subsequently on gardening leave over the last few months.
There has not been any confirmation from Tottenham so far regarding the American replacement and it is unclear who is heading the club’s commercial operations at the moment.
Big announcement expected from Tottenham
Journalist Ben Jacobs has now confirmed that Kline has now officially begun working at Chelsea, with the former Spurs man assuming the role of ‘President, Commercial’ at the West London club
Meanwhile, TBR Football reveal that Tottenham are expected to officially confirm Kline’s replacement imminently.
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They claim that a search for a new CCO has been active behind the scenes at Spurs for some time, with an appointment now expected to be made.
Have Spurs already appointed a new CCO?
Interestingly, even though Spurs have not announced a new CCO, there have been some hints that someone might have already started work in the role behind the scenes.
In the Leaders Week event held last month, which is the biggest annual conference for sports business professionals, one of the attendees listed was the ‘chief commercial officer for Tottenham Hotspur’, but the person’s name was not provided.
That might potentially suggest that a new CCO is already in place and Spurs might have been waiting for Kline’s gardening leave to conclude before making the news public.