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Fabio Paratici, Tottenham’s managing director of football, has seen his appeal against a two-and-a-half year ban thrown out by an Italian court.
Paratici was hit with the ban earlier this year over his part in Juventus’ false accounting scandal and, though the punishment initially applied only in Italy, Fifa extended the sanction worldwide in a surprise move late last month, catching Spurs on the hop.
The club had subsequently placed Paratici on leave while awaiting the outcome of his appeal to the Italian Olympic Committee, but that has now been rejected. Spurs must now decide what further action to take against a man who had been expected to play a leading role in their search for a new manager until news of his punishment broke.
Paratici, who worked for the Turin club in various roles across an 11 year spell, was one of a number of former Juve executives hit with sanctions as part of the scandal.
A number of former board members, including ex-midfielder Pavel Nedved, have had their appeals upheld, but Andrea Agnelli, chairman of the club for more than a decade, has, like Paratici, had his rejected.
The club have, however, been successful in having their 15-point deduction rescinded pending a new trial, a move which will lift Massimiliano Allegri’s side to third in Serie A and back into contention for a place in next season’s Champions League.
Paratici is also facing a separate investigation by Uefa, while another case over Juve secretly making salary payments to a number of players while he was at the club is also hanging over him.