Tottenham Hotspur have announced that Fabio Paratici and Johan Lange have been appointed as the club's new sporting directors.
The north London club are looking to restructure their club hierarchy following the departure of Daniel Levy last month, with the Lewis family injecting £100m into the club and deeming it not for sale, despite big interest from several suitors about a takeover.
Now the club have taken the first step to do that by bringing Paratici back to the club, while also promoting Lange to share the duties of the sporting director role.
Paratici and Lange New Tottenham Sporting Directors
In a statement released on the club website, Spurs said they were 'delighted' with the appointments that had been made as "part of a new structure for our men’s football operation, designed to strengthen leadership, collaboration and long-term decision-making across all areas of the men’s and boys’ game."
Paratici, who recently served a ban from football for financial mismanagement during his time at Juventus, previously had a spell in north London with the club before the ban came into effect. He has now returned, and revealed he is delighted to be back at a club he loves.
“I’m delighted to be returning to a Club that I love.
“I have been working with Johan, Vinai and Thomas as a consultant for a number of months and I now look forward to returning to London and joining the team full-time. I’m convinced that working in partnership with Johan we can build a special future for the Club and our supporters."
Lange is also in a new role, having previously been the technical director at hte club, and he believes the club can build something special now.
“I firmly believe we are building something special here at Tottenham Hotspur, and I am looking forward to working with Fabio as part of our new men’s football structure.
“We have a talented group of staff and players here at the Club and we can look forward with confidence and positivity.”
The club have also announced that they will also now be on the hunt to appoint a new director of football operations, who will work under Paratici and Lange, as part of the ongoing restructure.