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<\/a><\/p>\nROME (Reuters) -AS Roma said on Monday they have sacked chief executive Pietro Berardi, a decision taken days after prosecutors seized documents at the Serie A club as part of a probe into possible financial irregularities in transfer deals.<\/p>\n
Roma, who are in third place in the Italian top flight, said in a brief statement that they had “terminated all relations” with Berardi “with immediate effect.”<\/p>\n
The statement did not give a reason.<\/p>\n
A club source told Reuters the decision had “no connection” with the prosecutors’ investigation.<\/p>\n
“There is a divergence in the vision for the future of the club between President (Dan) Friedkin and Berardi,” the source said, asking not to be named.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Roma have denied any wrongdoing and said they was “cooperating with the competent authorities and hopes that full clarity will be provided on the matter as soon as possible”.<\/p>\n
The investigations follow a probe launched by prosecutors in Turin into alleged false accounting on player transfers that in January led a sports court to dock Juventus, Italy’s most successful soccer club, 15 points.<\/p>\n
(Reporting By Gavin Jones, editing by Ken Ferris, Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n
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