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The president of Italian football club Napoli has conducted coronavirus tests.
The team said Aurelio De Laurentiis was positive after a performed on Wednesday.
De Laurentiis attended a Serie A assembly in Milan on Wednesday with representatives from each of the Italian league’s 20 clubs. He was also in contact with Napoli players and staff recently at the team’s preseason education camp in Castel di Sangro.
It was not without delay clear whether the entire Napoli team would be isolated as a precaution.
Napoli’s first Serie A match will take position in Parma in 10 days and the team is expected to face Pescara and Sporting Lisbon in pre-season friendlies on Friday and Sunday.
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