Tottenham Hotspur are currently in a bit of a difficult situation, to say the least.
Spurs parted company with Antonio Conte last week in wake of his incendiary post-Southampton press conference.
Fabio Paratici was tasked to help Tottenham find Conte’s replacement in the Spurs dugout.
However, FIFA has now extended the Tottenham managing director’s ban to worldwide activities.
It remains to be seen what happens at Spurs with regards to the Italian’s position at the club.
Now, according to Dean Jones, Tottenham could potentially cast an eye towards Monaco director Paul Mitchell.
The 41-year-old has already worked with Spurs, helping the club sign players such as Dele Alli, Son Heung-min, Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderweireld.
Mitchell has also worked with MK Dons, Southampton and RB Leipzig.
Scouting outlet Foot The Ball described his portfolio as “impressive, to say the least. Almost unbelievable.”
‘Thinking at a high level’
Jones, writing on GiveMeSport, claimed it’s ‘early days’ in terms of interest in Mitchell from Spurs.
He also spoke of the possibility of Mauricio Pochettino – who worked alongside Mitchell at N17 – returning.
“Poch maintains a healthy relationship with Levy and is open to a return but there is a feeling recently that the Tottenham chairman is re-evaluating the positives to such a return,” wrote Jones.
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“He’s gone slightly cold on the idea. In the months leading into Conte’s exit that was not so much the case, with sources stating that it would take Fabio Paratici to come up with a “fail-proof” option in order for Levy not to turn back to his former boss.
“It would be wrong to say Poch is totally out of mind though. If Paratici is to leave Tottenham for good then it could give Poch the scope to have a more over-arching control.
“There are whispers too though that 41-year-old Paul Mitchell, who recently announced he is leaving Monaco in his role as Sporting Director, may even come into the thinking at a high level.
“Nothing yet on that front though, these are early days.”
What’s the situation with Paratici?
In January, Paratici was handed a 30-month ban from carrying out activities within the Italian Football Federation.
This was as part of an investigation into alleged financial mismanagement at Juventus which saw 11 other officials banned and the club deducted 15 points.
Now, FIFA have extended Paratici’s ban to worldwide activities, which effectively leaves him unable to carry out external duties at Tottenham.
As per Sky Sports, Spurs put out a statement saying they were given “no advance notice” from world football’s governing body.
“We are urgently seeking further clarification from FIFA as to the details of the extension and its variance from the FIGC [the Italian FA] sanction,” the club statement read.
“We should like to make clear that when Fabio conducted the interview on club channels yesterday neither he nor the club had any indication of this decision being made by FIFA, based on the fact the FIGC sanction was taken on 20 January 2023 and remains subject to an appeal on 19 April 2023.”
Paratici has 10 days to appeal his worldwide ban to FIFA’s appeals committee.
In other news, What Conte exit means for Tottenham’s £50m Alessandro Bastoni transfer hopes
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