Roma sacks chief executive over financial irregualarities

Italian side Roma announced on Monday they have sacked chief executive Pietro Berardi, just days after prosecutors seized documents at the Serie A club as part of a probe into possible financial irregularities in transfer deals.

Roma said in a brief statement that they had “terminated all relations” with Berardi “with immediate effect” and it’s quite possible that the reason is prosecutors’ actions.

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On April 5, prosecutors seized documents at Roma and Lazio, their city rivals, and fellow Serie A club Salernitana in swoops related to aspects of transfer deals at all three clubs, including the methods used to set transaction prices.