Nepal national team captain Kiran Chemjong has expressed his support to the players after the recent incident in the national team camp. More than 10 players have left the national team closed camp citing dissatisfaction with the head coach Abdullah Almutairi.

Kiran wrote on his Facebook: "I am dissatisfied with the behavior of the coaches towards the players in the training of the national team. It is definitely not right to ask a player to leave the camp while raising a legitimate issue in the national team camp. As a team captain and as a member, I have always been on the side of the players."

A dispute has arisen between head coach Abdullah Almutari and the players after the decision to remove Rohit Chand from the national team. Bishal Shrestha, Ananta Tamang, Anjan Bista, Suman Lama, Tej Tamang, Bishal Rai and Bimal Gharti Magar are among the players that have left the hotel.

After the senior players left the training, Almutairi has called 14 more players for closed training in return.

The Nepali team, which is currently in closed training, is scheduled to go to Qatar soon for further training and practice. Nepal is also scheduled to play two friendly football matches against Afghanistan in Qatar on May 23 and 24.

Nepal, which is in Group A for the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, is scheduled to play qualifiers with hosts Kuwait, Indonesia and Jordan on June 8, 11 and 14 respectively.