Salernitana president Danilo Iervolino has hit back at former sporting director Walter Sabatini.
Il Corriere della Sera says saga was caused by a misunderstanding over a contract extension for midfielder Lassana Coulibaly.
Sabatini said he paid the player's agent a huge commission fee to ensure the deal was signed as he said Iervolino had given him carte blanche to whatever it took to get the extension sealed.
But Iervolino told La Gazzetta dello Sport: “Sabatini think everybody is stupid but the only misunderstanding is his.
“He thinks he is more intelligent but was just lying. He wanted to pay the agent's commission, we argued because I don't accept these distortions."
Iervolino added: “We wanted to give Lassana Coulibaly an increase of €200,000 but in order to complete the negotiations we would have had to give his agent €1m: a negotiation Sabatini had taken on, perhaps wary the same agent would take interest in other offers.
“I will never bend to this system: if a player gets a better offer from another club, he is free to go. Sabatini actually told me that he has been dealing in this way for some time now.
“And in the group chat we have with the Salernitana director and the PR representative, he wrote that, given my position in relation to commission, he did not believe he was the right man for Salernitana.
“I'm now reading that he thinks he's at Champions League level, let's see where he goes: he doesn't even know how to use a computer or send an e-mail.
“But, on a personal level, I am disappointed with how it ended. I brought Sabatini to Salerno, I didn't find him here and I wouldn't have let him go.
“But I consider the things that happened to be serious. I want another type of football."
Sabatini responded on Monday afternoon, stating: “If he called me a liar, I'll see him in court, even if he does have great lawyers. I think it's shows a lack of class and is in poor taste.
On paying agency fees, he added: “The problem with the commissions is not my issue but a a football one ideologically. I am not arguing this and I accept what Iervolino says.
“To this day I regret not having paid the €4m to [Mino] Raiola to get [Paul] Pogba to Roma. To this day, I feel I damaged Roma, even for [Marko] Arnautovic at Bologna, I fought for the commission to be paid and think I did the right thing."
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