Tag: Sporting Director

Spurs accelerate sporting director hunt with Winstanley and Freedman checked

Tottenham Hotspur
March 2026

Tottenham are intensifying efforts to appoint a new sporting director to end the post-Paratici leadership gap in football operations. Reports say Spurs have run external background checks on candidates including Winstanley and Freedman, but both look difficult, with Winstanley tied to Chelsea long-term and Freedman newly installed in Saudi Arabia.

Paratici returns to Spurs leadership with Lange

Fabio Paratici (Tottenham Hotspur)
October 2025

With his 30-month ban expired, Paratici re-enters Tottenham’s structure alongside Johan Lange. He informally consulted during suspension and now resumes a formal sporting director role as Spurs refine recruitment and medium-term squad planning.
Expect clearer division of duties, centralized scouting, and process controls after past compliance issues. The brief is balancing homegrown quotas, wage discipline, and resale value while supporting the head coach’s tactical profile.

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