Paratici overhauling Spurs' scouting set-up to make it one of Europe's best
Exclusive: The Italian is putting the processes in place to ensure that Tottenham can spot and snap up the best young players from around the worldwww.football.london
The club's managing director of football has not wasted time since his official arrival in July in evaluating and looking to improve all of the departments at Spurs that ultimately serve what happens on the pitch, an area in which the club have declined in recent years.
As part of that overall process, football.london understands that the 49-year-old Italian and the club's technical performance director Steve Hitchen have been undertaking an overhaul of Tottenham's scouting set-up and network to ensure it becomes one of the game's best.
Paratici, who spent 11 years at Juventus cultivating and growing its renowned scouting department, is keen to bring Spurs in line with Europe's elite clubs.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy had chased Paratici for some time and when he eventually got his man, he did so by bringing him into a newly-created role with more power than previous sporting directors at the club have had, a position more akin to the role he held at Juventus.
With Paratici's sway and vast experience, the investment in Spurs' scouting department is now expected to match those at other top clubs in the Premier League and Europe.
As part of that process and with that expected increase in investment, numerous new recruitment roles are set to be created at the club as they seek to bring the best and brightest young players to north London for new head coach Antonio Conte to have at his disposal in the seasons to come.
This week a new video scout role was advertised online, with the successful candidate set to report directly to the club's chief scout Brian Carey.
The role, which will involve "working irregular hours" is advertised as working "in collaboration with the scouting, data and analysis departments. The role is to form a crucial part of the club’s recruitment strategy by targeting teams and players through video reporting".
Among the responsibilities of the role, the advert states that "the primary focus will be identifying younger talents with help from the analysis and data departments to filter players" while also "completing video scouting projects on leagues and nations which are not regularly covered in a live capacity".
That advertised role is expected to be the first of many at the club that are created in the weeks ahead as Paratici and Hitchen complete their overhaul of the scouting network.
Spurs' transfer dealings have been hit and miss in recent seasons, particularly while trying to fit the club's profile of bringing in younger players who can be turned into stars.
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