Fans label Spurs ‘a circus’ as Fabio Paratici is banned worldwide hours after giving a video update
‘Best of Spurs’: Tottenham fans slam the club as a ‘circus’ after posting an interview with Fabio Paratici on Twitter just hours before FIFA extended its ban worldwide.
- Fabio Paratici was suspended for 30 months, but initially only in Italian football
- FIFA has since confirmed that the suspension has been extended worldwide.
- The general manager of the Spurs had appeared in a video hours before the extra time
Tottenham fans have called the club “a circus” after FIFA extended the ban imposed on manager Fabio Paratici around the world, just hours after the Italian gave an interview following the departure of Antonio Conte as manager. in chief.
Paratici was given a 30-month ban by the Italian FA in January, following the ‘Prisma’ investigation.
The investigation led to Juventus losing 15 points after the club was found guilty of false accounting in connection with transfer transactions.
Paratici received the longest ban of current and former Juventus executives, but his ban initially only applied to Italian football.
FIFA confirmed on Wednesday that it had approved a request to extend the ban worldwide, casting doubt on Paratici’s role at Tottenham and adding to ongoing turmoil at the club.
Fabio Paratici appeared in a video posted by Tottenham hours before his ban was extended
The Tottenham managing director had tried to reassure fans during the interview.
The extension of the ban came hours after the club posted an interview with Paratici on Twitter, explaining Conte’s departure as head coach on Sunday.
Tottenham fans expressed their disbelief at Paratici’s call for the club to focus on the rest of the season, only to now be subject to a worldwide ban.
“Spurs posted a video of Fabio Paratici vaguely talking about the future of Spurs a day before his ban was extended it’s the biggest thing about Spurs,” one fan tweeted, with another fan adding: “Lol 16 hours later, a worldwide ban”. Even by our standards, this is incredible.
“So Levy has Paratici do an update instead of himself and the next day FIFA extends Paratici’s ban to everyone. We are a circus right now,” wrote a third fan.
“The man who tries to reassure us that everything is going to be okay gets a 2.5-year world ban from FIFA the next day. Some club”, added another follower.
Fans criticized the club’s decision to publish the interview amid uncertainty over Paratici’s future
‘Such a dumb tweet to post. Surely he has to leave immediately, there is no place for him in the club’, wrote a fifth.
Paratici was to spearhead Tottenham’s search for a new manager, despite the current uncertainty about his future.
The extension of the FIFA sanction around the world is likely to force the Italian out of office.
Paratici had spent 11 years with Juventus from 2010 to 2021, including a significant stint as sporting director, before joining Spurs that summer.
Other banned Juventus executives included former president Andrea Agnelli and chief executive Maurizio Arrivabene, who were banned for two years, while vice president and former player Pavel Nedved received an eight-month ban.
Juventus is charged with false corporate communications, false stock market communications and obstruction of a supervisory authority, but said its accounting is in line with industry standards.
Paratici’s ban has added to a growing list of problems facing Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.
Paratici was due to lead Tottenham’s search for a manager after the departure of Antonio Conte.
An appeal against the sanctions implemented by the Italian FA, which includes the deduction of points and the banning of people, will be heard by the Italian Olympic Committee on April 19.
It was also reported on Monday how a judge in Turin began examining whether Juventus’s 12 former officials, including former president Agnelli and Paratici, and the club itself should face trial on charges of false accounting and market manipulation.
On the first day of a closed-door hearing, initial procedural issues were addressed before being suspended until May 10. The hearing is expected to last several months, after which Judge Marco Picco will decide whether he will order a trial.
Spurs have not commented on Paratici’s ban since it was handed over in January, while FIFA extended the suspension of all other sanctioned individuals around the world.