London: Petr Cech will return to Chelsea in an advisory role after retiring from his duties as a goalkeeper last month, aged 37.
Cech will perform an intermediary role between the club's new manager and director Marina Granovskaia, which had been left vacant since Michael Emenalo quit as technical director nearly two years ago.
"Petr Cech returns to Chelsea as Technical and Performance Advisor," said Chelsea in a statement.
.@PetrCech is our new Technical and Performance Advisor! Welcome back, Big Pete! ????— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) June 21, 2019
Cech won 13 major honours, including four Premier League titles and the Champions League, in a stellar 11-year career with Chelsea before joining Arsenal in 2015.
The former Czech international's final game before retirement came in a 4-1 defeat by Chelsea as the Blues lifted the Europa League in May.
I’m looking forward to the new challenge and hope I can use all of my football knowledge and experience to help the team achieve even more success in the future.— Petr Cech (@PetrCech) June 21, 2019
"I'm looking forward to the new challenge and hope I can use all of my football knowledge and experience to help the team achieve even more success in the future."
Cech could soon be working closely with one of his former teammates with Frank Lampard also expected to return to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea's new manager following Maurizio Sarri's departure for Juventus.
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