LONDON (AP) — Tottenham announced the full-time return of Fabio Paratici to the Premier League team on Wednesday as one of two sporting directors, 2½ years after his departure amid a false accounting trial at former club Juventus.

Paratici was one of the officials handed bans from soccer activities when Juventus was hit with a 15-point penalty following an investigation by Turin public prosecutors into alleged false bookkeeping.

Paratici received a 30-month ban by Italian sports authorities that was extended worldwide by FIFA and upheld in 2023 following his appeal — leading to his exit from Tottenham, where he was the club’s managing director at the time.

Last month, Paratici was granted a plea-bargain deal of 18 months by a judge, with that sentence from Italy’s general judicial — non

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