Tottenham managing director Fabio Paratici has had an appeal against his two-and-a-half-year ban rejected by Italy’s highest sports court.
Paratici stepped back from his role at Spurs on March 31 following his ban being made worldwide by FIFA last month.
The Italian was handed a 30-month suspension from the game in January after his former club Juventus, where he worked for 11 years, were found guilty by an Italian court of false accounting.
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Paratici is still awaiting the result of his appeal to FIFA against their extension of the ban worldwide. He denies any wrongdoing – as do the 11 other directors and Juventus as a club – over the financial mismanagement case.
Sky Sports News have contacted Tottenham for comment on Paratici’s future at the club.
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Image: Juventus have temporarily moved third in Serie A
The Paratici decision was announced on Thursday afternoon, a day after the appeal hearing was heard by the Sports Guarantee Panel at the Italian National Olympic Committee.
The panel, however, accepted Juventus’ appeal against their 15-point deduction for allegations of false accounting.
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It means Juve’s 15-point penalty in Serie A has been suspended to lift them from seventh to third in the Serie A table – with 59 points, 16 behind leaders Napoli – into the Champions League places with eight games left to play.
Following a three-hour hearing the previous day, the case has now been referred back to the soccer federation’s appeals court and Juventus has been handed back the points pending the new trial.
It means the Bianconeri are now two points behind second-placed Lazio and three ahead of fourth-placed Roma in a tight battle for the Champions League qualifying places.
Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti and Enrico Vellano were also successful in appealing against their charges but Paratici, former chairman Andrea Agnelli and Federico Cherubini had their appeals rejected.
Partially accepting the Juventus appeal, the Sports Guarantee Board did not clear the club of wrongdoing but it ruled that a soccer court made up of different judges should now hold new proceedings against Juventus and the directors and come up with a more appropriate punishment.
However, Juventus also face potential sporting penalties, including points deductions, in a separate case Italy’s football association (FIGC) is running into the club over alleged irregularities in their payments to players.
FIGC wrapped up investigations last week and is expected to decide whether the club should face another tribunal.
Inquiries by sport authorities were triggered by investigations by criminal prosecutors in Turin, where the club is based, in a case regarding alleged false accounting.
A criminal court hearing to decide whether to order a trial for Agnelli, 11 other people and the club itself started last month.
Juventus have denied wrongdoing and said their accounting is in line with industry standards.
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