26-year-old Portuguese international, Matheus Nunes was reportedly arrested on suspicion of stealing a mobile phone at a nightclub in Madrid.
The Manchester City midfielder was allegedly detained at La Riviera, a popular disco, and taken to a local police station for questioning.
According to the Spanish daily, El Mundo, he was arrested after being accused of forcefully taking a phone from a 58-year-old man, who had attempted to photograph him in the nightclub’s restroom without his consent,
The Brazil-born player was said to have taken the phone in a moment of anger and refused to return it.
When they were called to the scene, Police found the phone in his possession and consequently arrested him.
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