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Fabio Paratici Q&A: Why has Tottenham's director or football been BANNED worldwide? What does this mean for his role at Spurs? What have the north London club said? And what happens next?

It's not getting any better for Tottenham, is it? Just days after their announcement that Antonio Conte has left the club, their director of football, Fabio Paratici, who is tasked with finding his replacement, has been banned from football worldwide - plunging the club into chaos.

Paratici was handed a 30-month ban by the Italian FA in January earlier this year, with the 50-year-old one of numerous current and former Juventus executives punished for false accounting. But, until now, that ban only applied in Italy.

That all changed on Wednesday morning when FIFA - on the request of the Italian FA - confirmed the ban will be extended across the world.