Fabio Paratici resigns as Tottenham managing director following ban from football

With immediate effect, Fabio Paratici has left his position as managing director of football for Tottenham Hotspur.

The 50-year-old made the change after losing his appeal against a 30-month suspension from Italian football that Fifa extended "to have worldwide effect."

After Juventus, where Paratici worked as managing and sporting directors before joining Spurs, were found guilty of incorrect accounting, Paratici received a suspension.

The 15-point penalty against Juventus was reversed, and the matter will now be reviewed.

However, Paratici's appeal against his ban, which he got in January, was denied. Paratici began working for Tottenham in June 2021.

A Spurs statement said: “Fifa ruled to extend the ban worldwide and, whilst there continues to be a dispute as to the scope and extent of the ban, the current worldwide ban prevents Fabio from fulfilling his duties as our managing director of football.

“Fabio has consequently taken the decision to resign from his position at the club with immediate effect to focus on his legal position in respect of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) and Fifa rulings.”

Tottenham dismissed Antonio Conte as their manager in late March and Paratici said that he and the club were “focused” on moving forward and finding a replacement before Fifa expanded his ban to be worldwide a day later.

Spurs have since appointed Scott Munn as chief football officer in a role which saw him join the club’s board as well as taking charge of all footballing departments.

“This has been a stressful time for Fabio and his family,” said Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy. “We wanted to ensure that we allowed for due process to be followed. Fabio is a man who lives and breathes football – we wish him well.

“As outlined in our year-end results, we started several months ago to restructure our football operations and last week announced the appointment of Scott Munn as chief football officer to head up all the departments.

“We shall continue to strengthen our football functions over the coming months.”