Tottenham have announced changes to their leadership team as the club looks to move in a new direction.
It comes after Tottenham confirmed Daniel Levy had stepped down as executive chairman on 4 September after spending 24 years in the role.
Spurs appointed Peter Charrington as non-executive chairman following Levy’s departure, while Vinai Venkatesham is leading the day-to-day operations after joining as CEO earlier this year.
It was confirmed on 15 October Fabio Paratici has returned to Tottenham as sporting director, with Johan Lange also promoted from technical director to sporting director.
Stefan Borson reveals how Tottenham roles could be split
Former Man City financial adviser Stefan Borson exclusively told Football Insider it’s “unusual” to have two senior people operating in the same role.
Paratici has been working with Tottenham over the past few months after serving a suspension for financial misconduct during his time at Juventus.
The Italian has been operating in a consultancy role since resigning as Spurs’ director of football in 2023 following his 30-month ban from the game.
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Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson said: “Well, it’s unusual, but I guess they would say that now football operations are so complex and big that you can easily have two sides of that sporting director role.
“Let’s say one looking at external recruitment and one looking at the operation of the club internally.
“I don’t know if that’s how they’re going to split it, but I don’t think it’s unworkable as long as they’ve got clear division of responsibility within the sporting director remit.”
The situation isn’t new to Tottenham boss Thomas Frank after he previously worked alongside co-sporting directors at his former club Brentford.
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Borson believes there are questions around whether the two sporting directors’ roles could overlap with Venkatesham’s duties.
“I think there is some question as to what everybody does in that mix because you’ve also got a chief executive,” said Borson.
“So, how much involvement does Vinai have in let’s say transfers and signing off transfers? This is not a situation where if you look at a club like Manchester City, where there’s multiple clubs that the chief executive is responsible for. Tottenham’s chief executive is only responsible for Tottenham Hotspur.
“It does look like there are reporting lines, that’s fine. But he’s got an element of experience on transfers and those sorts of situations himself, so you would think there’s a bit of overlap, but we’ll see.”
Tottenham have slipped to sixth in the Premier League table after suffering a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday (19 October).