Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Roma’s current and former American owners and Lazio president Claudio Lotito are among numerous officials at the two clubs being investigated by Italian authorities for false accounting via alleged abuse of capital gains in the transfer market.
Prosecutors in Rome (for Roma) and Tivoli (for Lazio) announced the investigations, which also involve a third Serie A club, Salernitana, and which resulted in financial police searches at offices for the clubs on Wednesday.
Prosecutors say the clubs involved earned profits by falsely reporting the values of players bought and sold on the transfer market. JOSÉ MOURINHO MIGHT BE THE PERFECT FIT FOR ROMA Current Roma owners Dan and Ryan Friedkin, as well as former Roma owner James Pallotta, were named in the prosecutors’ report.
Lotito formerly owned Salernitana as well. Leonardo Spinazzola, right, is tackled by Sampdorias Alessandro Zanoli in a soccer match between Roma and Sampdoria at the Rome Olympic stadium on April 2, 2023. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP) The transfer deals being examined occurred between 2017 and 2021. BOSTON EXECUTIVE TAKES OVER ROMA SOCCER CLUB All three clubs maintain that they operated within the rules.