She is now the most powerful woman in English football – and responsible for Chelsea's dramatic change of fortunes in the transfer market.
Roman Abramovich's “right hand woman” is Marina Granovskaia.
He has trusted her implicitly for the past 17 years and she has now become one of the most influential figures behind the scenes at Stamford Bridge, negotiating deals and helping the Blues to another successful transfer window.
They sold Andre Schurrle and Ryan Bertrand and bought Juan Cuandrado on deadline day to earn a tidy profit of £6m.
And that comes after last year's brilliant dealing which saw them bring in Diego Costa and Cesc Fabegras and move on David Luiz and Juan Mata.
Despite the club spending £123.3m over the last two seasons, they have made £127.7m from player departures with Granovskaia heavily involved.
The 39-year-old is listed as one of Chelsea's three directors on their official website.
One club source described her as “Tough, fair, beautiful and absolutely brilliant at her job.”
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