Levy did hire Redknapp and (briefly) manage Graham, both who were very well known prior to that for being bungtastic
They should've been ahead of this??? So you think it's ok for FIFA to tell a journalist that Paratici is banned worldwide before they told Paratici? This is, unsurprisingly, amateur hour from FIFA.Put simply, the club don't tend to directly respond to situations, they take a more reserved reaction. They should've been ahead of this. It wasn't (apparently!) hard to be. Their statement was based on criticism of them allowing him to make that video statement, and as such came across as an apse-covering exercise (futile IMO). But hey, if you don't see a problem with it, don't go looking!
He inherited Graham and got rid of him at the first opportunity.
That's great, if he has, or is in the process of doing it. Would be nice to hear more about these things from the club. Would go a long way with the fans too. I do have my reservations about whether Paratici is at the cutting edge, however.
If an agent operates on the fringes of the law, the only damage if he transgresses will be to that individual agent. If a club knowingly allows one of its employees to operate on the fringes of the law, the damage will not be limited to that employee. I don't know about you, but I don't think Paratici is worth potential points deductions and bans from European competitions.
Probably enough has been said by now but I think it’s ok to acknowledge that FIFA are tossers and a law unto themselves but at the same time be critical of the club for allowing Paratici to make video statements on its behalf while all this is going on. He has already received a lengthy ban in Italy and he was in court last Monday on a separate serious charge directly connected to his job. So in the meantime I don’t think it reflects well on us to let him in front of a camera to speak on current matters concerning THFC.
The court case was suspended though wasn’t it?
Postponed (adjourned? I’m not sure what the legal term is) until May.