Tottenham Hotspur have announced that their managing director of football, Fabio Paratici, has resigned from the club.
It comes after he was unsuccessful with an appeal against his Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ban on certain football related activities.
A club statement reads: "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 and FIFA rulings."
Club chairman Daniel Levy says: “This has been a stressful time for Fabio and his family. 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.”
| Position Pos | Club | Played Pl | GD | Points Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |
Man Utd
MUN
|
38 | +15 | 75 |
| 4 |
Newcastle
NEW
|
38 | +35 | 71 |
| 5 |
Liverpool
LIV
|
38 | +28 | 67 |
| 6 |
Brighton
BHA
|
38 | +19 | 62 |
Spurs are currently competing to qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League, sitting fifth in the Premier League table. They are three points behind fourth-placed Newcastle United, whom they travel to on Sunday.
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The club are also continuing their search for a new manager following the departure of Antonio Conte in March this year.
