Paratici rejoins Tottenham as joint sporting director

Fabio Paratici has rejoined Tottenham Hotspur as joint sporting director, the club confirmed on Thursday, returning to north London full time after serving a 30 month ban from football. Paratici will share the role with Johan Lange and form part of a new leadership structure that will work alongside chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and head coach Thomas Frank to oversee the club's men’s football strategy.

Tottenham said the appointments are intended to strengthen leadership, collaboration and long term decision making across player pathways, performance development, scouting and recruitment. Paratici, who first joined Spurs in 2021, said he had been working with Lange, Venkatesham and Frank on a consultancy basis for several months and looked forward to rejoining the club full time. Club officials added they will next recruit a director of football operations to support the two sporting directors in day to day responsibilities.

Paratici resigned as Tottenham’s managing director of football in April 2023 after losing an appeal in Italy against a 30 month ban related to alleged false accounting during his decade at Juventus. The suspension was later upheld and extended globally...