Don’t remember anyone defending Levy per se. It’s been well reported that Levy didn’t want him but Parataci convinced him to hire Santo based on the latter’s spell at Valencia. It’s also been reported recently that Parataci would have been gone if he failed to get a top-class replacement for NES i.e Conté.
Of course, Levy had the final say and last year’s manager hiring process was farcical. Having said that, there’s no consistency amongst the Anti-Levy crowd who want to give Parataci all the credit for decisions that fall in his purview that work out and Levy all the blame for those that don’t.
