Dutch police arrested Juventus footballer Mohamed Ihattaren and searched his home in the city of Utrecht on Monday for allegedly assaulting his ex-partner, the second police investigation involving the former PSV and Ajax player in three months.
Ihattaren, 21, was arrested this Sunday and is being questioned by the police, who entered to search his house in the Vleuten neighborhood, in Utrecht, at noon this Monday, police sources confirmed to NOS public television.
The De Telegraaf newspaper claimed that the arrest occurred due to accusations that he had assaulted his ex-partner the day before. NOS pointed out that the arrest is not related to the incident last November, when Ihattaren was arrested on suspicion of being involved in a threat, “a case from quite some time ago that is still being investigated by the police,” according to his statement at the time. lawyer, Sander Janssen.
De Telegraaf added that Ihattaren had received threats from the Amsterdam criminal circle due to his relationship with a young woman, but that he would also maintain close ties with other organized crime criminals, accusations that neither the Amsterdam club nor the police nor the player himself have wanted. confirm or deny.
Ihattaren’s career has been surrounded by controversy for months, despite the fact that he had made his way into professional football from a very young age, where he impressed with his technical and creative game while at PSV Eindhoven, which opened the doors to a career in the orange team.
However, after several clashes with coach Roger Schmidt, Ihattaren ended up leaving for Juventus in Italy, who loaned him out to Sampdoria in Genoa, and from there to Ajax in Amsterdam, where he once again demonstrated his talent last summer.
The midfielder suddenly disappeared from Ajax training for a long period, due to threats received from organized crime according to the local press, but after his car and his brother’s car went up in flames, the Ajax club released the player and announced at the end of the year that he no longer wanted to be linked to Ihattaren.