A Paris Saint-Germain Women’s player has been arrested on suspicion of hiring two goons to attack her own teammate in a bid to take her place in the squad.
Aminata Diallo, 26, was arrested early Wednesday at her home in Marly-le-Roi, near Versailles, by officers probing a November 4 attack on 31-year-old Kheira Hamraoui
She was taken into police custody as part of an investigation “following an assault last Thursday evening against the club’s players,” according to a statement from the club.
Hamraoui – a midfielder for PSG, a French international, and Diallo’s direct rival – was being driven home by the younger player when two masked men stopped the car and beat her so badly with iron bars that she required stitches.
She subsequently missed a Tuesday night Champions League game against Real Madrid, with Diallo – also a midfielder and French international – taking her place. PSG won the game 4-0 and Diallo was arrested the next morning.
Police have yet to charge Diallo and are not thought to have identified the masked attackers, but French media say they are working on the theory that she wanted her teammate injured in a case of rivalry-gone-wrong.
PSG has acknowledged Diallo’s arrest and confirmed that it is linked to an investigation over the assault of another of its players, but refused to comment further.
The attack happened on the evening of November 4 following a team meal that PSG held for players in Paris, a relative of Hamraoui to French magazine L’Equipe.
After the meal, Diallo offered to drive Hamraoui from the restaurant to her home in the Yvelines region, close to where her own property is located.
When the pair got close to Hamraoui’s home, two masked men stopped the car and beat her with iron bars.
The assault is thought to have lasted a few minutes, after which the men fled.
Diallo was ‘detained’ by the two men during the assault but did not suffer any injuries, a club source told AFP.
It is not clear exactly how the two men stopped the car, or how Diallo was ‘detained’.
Hamraoui was taken to hospital where she was given stitches in her legs and hands.
She was unable to take part in PSG’s Champions League game with Real Madrid on Tuesday, with the club saying at the time that she sat the match out for ‘personal reason’s. Diallo started the match instead.
Hamraoui and Diallo are both defensive midfielders and are in direct competition for a place in the PSG team and France national side.
Culled from Daily Mail UK
Copyright © 2020 Totorinews.com All rights reserved. The information contained in Totorinews.com may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without giving due credit to Totorinews.com as the source.
