Tottenham have said that they are ‘urgently seeking more clarity’ from FIFA over the facts of Fabio Paratici’s ban from the sport, which was extended globally on Wednesday.

For his role in the financial misdeeds at Juventus, which resulted in the club losing 15 points and several other officials receiving punishment, the FIGC of Italy handed down a 30-month suspension to Paratici.

Originally primarily affecting Italian football, FIFA used its influence to expand the sanctions, seriously jeopardizing Paratici’s ability to carry out his duties in north London.

Spurs have since released a statement in which they clarify that neither they nor their managing director of football were informed of the decision before it became widely known.

In doing so, the club also cited a video message from Paratici that was released on Tuesday, the substance of which was rendered rather strange by what transpired the following day.

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“Following media reports today regarding the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decision to extend worldwide the sanction imposed by the FIGC Federal Court of Appeals on Fabio Paratici on 20 January 2023, the Club made urgent enquiries to FIFA,” the statement read.

“FIFA has late this afternoon responded to us in writing notifying us today, Wednesday 29 March 2023, that a decision has been made by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to extend the FIGC sanction worldwide.

“This committee deliberation has been taken with no advance notice to any of the parties involved. We are urgently seeking further clarification from FIFA as to the details of the extension and its variance from the FIGC sanction.

“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.

“We shall update on this matter in due course.”

Club announcement – Fabio Paratici

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) March 29, 2023

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Fabio Paratici, the general director of football at Tottenham, has been banned from football worldwide after FIFA extended the penalty issued in Italy for his role in Juventus’ reprimanded accounting procedures.

The Italian powerhouses unexpectedly lost 15 points in January when the club was found to have, among other financial offences, exaggerated player transfer valuations in swap transactions.

Between November 2018 till the summer of 2021, Paratici served as Juventus‘ sports director. He then accepted a similar position at Tottenham. Paratici joined the Juventus hierarchy in 2010. Transactions between 2019 and 2021, when Paratici was at the centre of the club’s activities, were examined as part of the inquiry into Juve’s financial records.

Paratici was one of several former Juventus board members who received a football suspension at the beginning of the year when the Italian Football Federation’s investigation was complete.

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The initial sentence for Paratici was a 30-month suspension from all Italian football, but there was always a chance that it might be extended globally.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, FIFA confirmed that they had exercised that option, extending the worldwide ban imposed on Paratici and the other Juventus board members, including former owner Andrea Agnelli.

The statement read: “FIFA can confirm that following a request by the Italian FA (FIGC), the chairperson of FIFA disciplinary committee has decided to extend the sanctions imposed by FIGC on several football officials to have worldwide effect.”

The preliminary committal hearing for Paratici, who was scheduled to appear in court this week to address some of the allegations brought against Him, has been postponed until May 10.

Juve appealed their 15-point penalty – which the prosecution only recommended as a nine-point punishment – and will hear the ruling of which on 19 April.

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