Alleged Phone Theft: Man City's Nunes Briefly Arrested in Spain in September

Manchester City midfielder and Portugal international Matheus Nunes was briefly arrested by Spanish police last month over allegations of mobile phone theft.

A police source confirmed the information to Reuters on Wednesday, following a report published by El Mundo newspaper.

Nunes forced a high-end phone out of the hands of a 58-year-old man in a Madrid night club, believing that the man had taken a picture of Nunes without his consent in the bathroom, El Mundo said.

Asked about the arrest, a police spokesperson in Madrid said a Portuguese citizen had been arrested on Sept. 8 at 5:30 a.m. in a downtown night club for alleged robbery of a high-end phone. After being questioned at a police station, the man was released pending trial.

A police source confirmed the arrested person was Nunes, adding that the case was being treated as a robbery and not as theft because the phone’s value exceeded 300 euros ($332).

Source: Reuters