The footballing world was rocked on Thursday evening as it was announced Daniel Levy has stepped down as Tottenham chairman.
After 25 years in the role, Levy has left his role at Spurs, and Tottenham are now moving into a new era.
There are a number of unanswered questions around Tottenham after Levy’s departure, and one situation that is up in the air is Fabio Paratici’s potential return to Spurs.
Paratici has been involved at Tottenham on a consultancy basis for a while as he’s been serving a football ban.
However, Spurs were looking to bring Paratici back in an official capacity at some point.
Now, that situation has changed with Levy’s departure from Spurs.
Fabio Paratici now unlikely to return to Tottenham
According to information gathered by TBR Football’s Graeme Bailey, Fabio Paratici is not set to return to Tottenham after Daniel Levy’s exit.
“Fabio Paratici is unlikely to take up the role previously discussed and agreed. Daniel Levy knew the change was coming at some point, but it has come earlier than they thought – belief was he might have another season so obviously he wanted Paratici involved,” Bailey said.
“Now Levy has gone, we are told it is ‘unlikely’ that Paratici will be taking up an official role at the club and will look elsewhere for his next permanent role.”
Tottenham’s current leadership analysed
With Daniel Levy on his way out and Fabio Paratici not set to return, Tottenham’s leadership hierarchy is now much more streamlined.
Indeed, in the past, Spurs had too much going on as the likes of Paratici, Levy, Scott Munn, Vinai Venkatesham and the manager were all involved in key decisions at the club.
Now, the structure does appear much more balanced.
Spurs are moving into a new era, and it will certainly be interesting to see the change in how the club operates going forwards into the post-Daniel Levy era.