There have been managerial missteps and mishaps aplenty in the 22 years of Daniel Levy's tenure at Tottenham - 12 sackings in all - but it could be his appointment of a man who sits closer to his throne that proves to be the biggest weight around his neck.
Tottenham are in disarray at the moment, without a permanent men's or women's head coach and on Wednesday FIFA announced that they had extended managing director of football Fabio Paratici's 30-month ban from all football-related activities, initially handed out by the Italian football federation, into a worldwide one.
Spurs claim that they and Paratici were blindsided by FIFA's statement and that they would never have recorded a much-publicised club interview with the Italian regarding the exit of Antonio Conte less than 24 hours beforehand had they known.
