Manchester City midfielder Matheus Nunes was arrested for allegedly stealing a mobile phone at Madrid's La Riviera nightclub.
The 26-year-old Portuguese player reportedly took the phone from a 58-year-old man who attempted to photograph him without permission in the club's toilets. According to Spanish daily El Mundo, Nunes reacted in anger and refused to return the phone.
The incident occurred around 5:30 am, and police were called to the scene. They confirmed that Nunes still had the phone in his possession. He was subsequently handcuffed and taken to a National Police station in the Madrid neighborhood of Arganzuela.
A spokesman for the National Police in Madrid stated, "I can confirm a Portuguese national was arrested in the early hours of September 8 at a Madrid nightclub on suspicion of stealing another person’s mobile phone."
Nunes was released hours later following the intervention of a lawyer but is expected to face charges and trial over the incident.
The footballer had been in Madrid with friends after not being called up by Portugal for international duty last month.
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