Heba Press/Sports
Portuguese Manchester City midfielder Mateus Nunez was exposed to a complicated situation while at a nightclub in the Spanish capital Madrid last month.
Police arrested the 26-year-old on charges of stealing a cell phone.
El Mundo newspaper reported that Nunez was accused of stealing the phone of a 58-year-old man who tried to take a photo of him without permission in the nightclub’s toilets.
It is said that Nunez grabbed the phone in a fit of anger and refused to give it back, before police arrived and arrested the former Wolverhampton player and took him to the police station while he was handcuffed.
The newspaper explained: “The City player was released hours after his arrest, knowing he would face charges and a trial over the incident. »
Nunez has participated in 6 matches in various competitions this season, with a total of 227 minutes of play, in which he scored one goal and assisted another.
