Chelsea's chief revenue officer Casper Stylsvig has left the club - less than two years after arriving in west London.
Stylsvig moved to Stamford Bridge in November 2023, having held the same position at Serie A side AC Milan. At the time, former Chelsea chief executive Chris Jurasek praised Stylsvig's 'commercial and football experience'.
Before heading to Milan, Stylsvig had three years at Fulham, eight years as Manchester United's global sponsorship director, after starting his career with La Liga giants Barcelona back in July 2006.
Chelsea remain the only Premier League team without a shirt sponsor, which can be a critical source of revenue as they aim to comply alongside Profit and Sustainability (PSR) rules.
According toThe Daily Mail, the Blues are understood to have had offers, but none have led to a deal. The club are said to be after between £60million and £65m a season, with new Saudi airline Riyadh Air linked.
The Blues didn't have a shirt sponsor last season until a short-term deal was agreed with Dubai-based firm Damac. The same applied for the 2023/24 campaign before a £40m agreement with US firm Infinite Athlete was struck.
With Chelsea unable to get a shirt sponsor across the line for this season, Stylsvig has left his position. Championship Leicester City are the next highest-ranked club without a front-of-shirt sponsor.
On the pitch, Enzo Maresca's side travel to Bayern Munich in their first Champions League game of the season on Wednesday. The Blues have made a mixed start to the domestic campaign, picking up eight points from their opening four matches, but the club's immediate attention now turns to European action.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea's trip to the Allianz Arena, Maresca said: "First of all, we are very happy to be in this competition. One year ago, we were playing the Conference League play-off. We are happy to be here. For sure, winning the Conference League and the Club World Cup help in different aspects.
"In terms of experience, I think all of us, when we start something, we have a lack of experience. We have to start and we're going to start tomorrow."
"You know already since last season that I always like to go game by game," Maresca added. "You cannot think about the final or semi-final if you are not able to win games in the group stage. It's the first thing tomorrow.
"We have the first one against a fantastic team that is probably one of the three, four or five favourites in this competition. We are going to try to do our job in the best way."
