Alasdair Gold has revealed via Football.London that Leonardo Gabbanini is now playing an increasingly prominent role in Tottenham’s recruitment decisions following the departure of Fabio Paratici.
Gabbanini, who previously worked with the Pozzo scouting network at Udinese and Watford, was appointed as Tottenham’s chief scout by Fabio Paratici 12 months ago.
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Gabbanini is having big impact on Spurs recruitment
Gold reveals that he is now playing a key role in helping rebuild the squad to suit the needs of Ange Postecoglou, and is currently having ‘a big influence’ in the decisions that are made at the North London club.
The journalist states that Gabbanini has been in constant daily dialogue with Daniel Levy since Paraitic left the club and was even involved in Postecoglou’s first meeting with the club to discuss transfers, which also included Levy and Ryan Mason.
The 43-year-old is said to have a great eye for talent and is described as a ‘modern style of scout’, using data to back up what he sees from players.
Gold reveals that Gabbanini is not one to sit on the fence when it comes to evaluating players and often delivers a firm opinion after analysing the complete picture of a player, including their mentality and how they would fit into the system and the club’s culture.
The journalist adds that a number of clubs across Europe are monitoring the Italian’s situation in case the arrival of a new sporting director at Tottenham leads to his exit.
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Perhaps one of the reasons that Levy and Scott Munn are not in a hurry to hire a sporting director is that they are happy to grant more responsibility to Gabbanini and allow the Italian to work with Postecoglou.
We might even potentially see the 43-year-old being promoted to the role of head of recruitment over the coming weeks or months.
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