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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Paratici talks of ‘need to be based’ in Italy as move from Spurs to Fiorentina confirmed

Fabio Paratici with the joint sporting director at Spurs, Johan Lange.
Fabio Paratici (centre) has been the joint sporting director at Spurs with Johan Lange (left). Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

Fabio Paratici will leave his post as Tottenham’s joint sporting director after the closure of the January transfer window to take up a similar recruitment job at Fiorentina.

The Italian came back to Spurs on a full-time basis in mid-October to work alongside Johan Lange, who was promoted from his role of technical director. Paratici had been Spurs’s managing director of football between 2021 and 2023 before resigning after a Fifa ban for alleged financial malpractice during his time at Juventus. After an appeal, he was allowed to act for Spurs on a consultancy basis.

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