Speaking on the Transfer Window Podcast, Duncan Castles has claimed that Tottenham’s decision to not hire Paulo Fonseca was Daniel Levy’s call, despite Fabio Paratici wanting him.
It had been reported that Levy had delegated all football-related decisions to Paratici upon his appointment, but it seems as though that may not actually be the case.
Indeed, Paratici’s idea to bring Fonseca in was reportedly vetoed by Levy.
What’s been said?
Castles shared details of why the move for Fonseca fella apart.
“The brief from Fonseca’s camp is that it fell apart over coaching staff and Tottenham’s refusal to build his coaching team. There’s also a story that was released in Italy that the reason that agreement fell apart was because Fonseca would be earning less in England, due to the benefits of Italian tax laws, than he would have been at Roma, and Spurs were not prepared to pay the additional,” Castles said.
I’m told that is false and that the net salary was essentially the same in Rome as it was going to be in London, and it was actually Levy’s decision to overrule the choice of the new Managing Director of Football, Fabio Paratici, who he said would be heading up the football side of the club going forward.”
Didn’t take long
Well, it didn’t take long for Levy to start meddling in Paratici’s work did it?
The Spurs chairman seemingly just couldn’t help himself, and while Paratici has supposedly been given free reign over all footballing decisions, the reality is that Levy is still calling the shots whenever he wants to.
What’s the point of having Paratici there if Levy isn’t going to allow him to take the club forward in his vision?
Tottenham appear to be a bit of a mess at the moment, and the backroom situation doesn’t seem to be helping.
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