While Fabio Paratici currently holds a managerial role at Tottenham Hotspur, the effect of his dealings at Juventus remains massive.
The Italian acted as the Bianconeri’s sporting director between 2010 and 2021. Initially, he worked under his mentor Giuseppe Marotta, but eventually usurped the former general manager to become Juventus’ best man in 2018.
In recent days, the prosecution has been releasing some of the wiretaps collected as evidence against the club in the investigation into financial irregularities.
The transcripts present discussions between club officials, and the conversations always lead to Paratici’s business.
In one of the wiretaps, Juventus Next Gen sporting director Giovanni Manna suggests the club was forced to spend cash on two youngsters to pay off debts to Udinese.
The first star is Mattia Compagnon, who went on loan from Udine to Turin in February 2021. Juventus bought the young winger for €4m in September 2021, although Paratici had already left the club at the time.
Udinese’s second player is MartÃn Palumbo. Juventus had initially decided not to retain him permanently last summer, but later ended up signing him for a second loan.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport via Ilbianconero, Manna told Marco Storari that Juve’s hand was forced, as the club had to “clean up the crap it had left”, in clear reference to Paratici.
