Footballers Pepe Reina, Paolo Cannavaro and Salvatore Aronica have been ordered to appear before Italian Football Federation panel over their alleged association with people linked to the mafia.

According to local media, Naples' anti-mafia department opened an investigation and the FIGC's chief prosecutor Giuseppe Pecoraro has ordered the three players to appear before a disciplinary committee hearing on a date yet to be decided.

The three players will be questioned over allegedly maintaining inappropriate relations with the Esposito brothers Gabriele, Francesco and Giuseppe, who are alleged to be leading figures in Naples' Camorra mafia.