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Napoli warns it will protect rights after star players walk out on retreat

Champions League - Group E - Napoli v FC Salzburg - Stadio San Paolo, Naples, Italy - November 5, 2019, Napoli players applaud the fans after the match. [Reuters]

Serie A club Napoli has told its players it will "protect its rights" after they were alleged to have ignored orders and abandoned a week-long training retreat on Thursday in what local media described as a mutiny.

Gazzetta dello Sport and other Italian media said that the players went home following Tuesday's Champions League match at home to Salzburg instead of to the hotel at Castel Volturno, north of Naples, where club management had ordered them to spend the week.

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