Tottenham sporting director Fabio Paratici will go away the Premier League membership after the January switch window to join Seria A facet Fiorentina.
The Italian first joined Spurs in the summertime of 2021, however left the membership in 2023 after an attraction towards a two-and-a-half-year ban for alleged monetary irregularities – relationship again to his spell at Juventus – was rejected by Italy’s highest sports activities court docket.
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Paratici obtained the 30-month ban from world soccer’s governing physique Fifa, however labored as a advisor for Tottenham earlier than he formally rejoined in October.
In a press release launched by Spurs, he mentioned: “I have loved my time at the club, however this opportunity, together with the need to be based in my homeland, has led me to this decision.”
Reports of Paratici’s return to Italy got here on the finish of 2025, with Spurs boss Thomas Frank saying: “We’re paying his wage, he’s working very hard.”
Fiorentina are at present 18th in Serie A and Spurs winger Manor Solomon just lately joined the Italian facet on a mortgage cope with the choice to purchase.
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Spurs chief government Vinai Venkatesham, who introduced Paratici again to the north London membership, mentioned: “Our management structure is designed to be resilient to personnel changes, and it will be business as usual moving forward.”