Matheus Nunes 'arrest': Truth behind claims after Man City star involved in nightclub incident

Matheus Nunes was progressive successful an incidental astatine a Madrid nightclub during the September planetary interruption but reports the Manchester City prima was arrested person been exaggerated

Manchester City midfielder Matheus Nunes WAS NOT arrested by Spanish authorities - aft reports claimed helium was progressive successful an altercation astatine a Spanish nightclub.

Nunes joined City successful a £53million woody from Wolves successful the summertime of 2023. But he has struggled for opportunities since then, featuring for conscionable 20 minutes successful the Premier League truthful acold this season.

His deficiency of game-time has seen him driblet retired of the Portugal nationalist squad and helium alternatively spent portion of the September planetary interruption connected holiday. But determination were claims that helium ran into occupation with constabulary during his clip away.

It was reported by El Mundo that Nunes was arrested by Spanish constabulary astatine a Madrid nightclub aft allegedly stealing a telephone from a 58-year-old man. Mirror Football has confirmed that those reports are inaccurate.

Police were called to the nightclub aft a confrontation betwixt Nunes and the 58-year-old man. Nunes is said to person lone pushed the telephone retired of the man's manus aft asking him to halt taking pictures, alternatively than stealing it.

While it had been claimed Nunes was handcuffed and taken to a constabulary station, it is understood the incidental has been exaggerated, with Nunes not being arrested and constabulary taking nary further enactment erstwhile responding to the call.

As archetypal reported by the Manchester Evening News, it is not expected that the midfielder volition look immoderate further enactment successful narration to the incident. Mirror Football has approached Manchester City for remark connected the reports of Nunes' arrest.

Nunes played each 90 minutes arsenic City smashed Slovan Bratislava successful their 2nd Champions League crippled of the play connected Tuesday night. The Portugal planetary started alongside Ilkay Gundogan successful cardinal midfield. The City prima is present targeting accrued game-time, with prima midfielder Rodri having been ruled retired for the remainder of the season. And Nunes is assured helium tin assistance to capable the spread the Spaniard has left.

“We’re going to person to capable the void due to the fact that it’s a monolithic nonaccomplishment but whoever is connected the transportation is going to execute well,” Nunes said past week. “At Wolves I played much arsenic a winger and past twelvemonth present I played much arsenic a No 10.

"But erstwhile I played for Sporting I ever played successful the treble pivot truthful I’m utilized to each presumption now. I effort to assistance the squad each clip the manager puts maine connected the tract but I cognize the different guys are each acceptable arsenic good due to the fact that we person truthful overmuch prime successful the team.

“We person shown that if immoderate subordinate is retired we person different 1 that is acceptable and has apical prime to play. Last twelvemonth it happened with Erling [Haaland] and Kevin [De Bruyne] and we inactive managed to win. This year, I cognize we volition beryllium the same.”

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