Lazio were reportedly keen on hiring Tottenham Hotspur scout Lorenzo Giani, but have now been deterred from making a move for the Italian on Fabio Paratici’s recommendation.
Maurizio Sarri is looking to restructure his backroom staff at Lazio and had earmarked two potential targets among the Tottenham scouting set-up.
According to Il Messaggero, relayed by Tutto Juve, Lazio were keen to poach both Leonardo Gabbanini and Lorenzo Giani from Tottenham Hotspur.
The pair were initially brought to the North London club by Fabio Paratici during his tenure as Director of Football at Spurs.
Paratici has since left the club in a wave of controversy after he was found guilty of being involved in Juventus’ financial scandal. The Italian was banned from world football for 30 months as a result of the capital gains trial.
Despite this, he is seemingly still having an influence on the sport, and in particular when it comes to Tottenham Hotspur.
Paratici advised club against moving for Spurs man
According to the latest from Italian newspaper Il Messaggero, relayed by Lazio News 24, Paratici has told Lazio president Claudio Lotito not to make the move for Giani.
Apparently, Lotito has now “shelved the idea” of hiring the Spurs scout not long after the interest was first reported. It turns out Paratici had a conversation with Lotito that helped to change the latter’s mind on the hiring process.
Paratici is now a consultant at Sampdoria, in an unofficial capacity, and is also clearly giving out advice to others, too. It is not known what he told Lotito, but clearly the approach for Giani was not recommended.
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The situation surrounding Paratici is such a strange one. Surely, if he is banned from world football, he cannot be influencing the game at all, even as a consultant.
I would be curious to know why he recommended against approaching Giani, and whether it was on the basis of protecting Spurs from losing their scout.
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