Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini says they're in talks to terminate Davide Ballardini's contract.

Ballardini didn't take the team for the weekend fixture with Verona, having fallen-out with the squad, with the Rosanero nevertheless emerging with a win.

It was today announced that Guillermo Barros Schelotto will take charge of Palermo next. Fabio Viviani will be in charge to the end of this season.

“A Coach can't behave like Ballardini did," Zamparini fumed in a Press conference.

“I'll work with my lawyers to terminate his contract. The trust between the team and the Coach has collapsed.

“Ballardini's mistake was to bar four players from the squad, it wasn't me who put them out of the squad. He just wouldn't call them.

“I felt sorry for [Luca] Rigoni, I invited him to return, but he told me he wanted to leave Palermo and I satisfied him."