The news, broadcast by foreign news agencies, that Mr Isaac Belfonteil was arrested near Paris on the charge of how attacked his 15-year-old sister with the intention of strangling her!

The Algerian footballer plays for Pedro Martins’ Al Garafa and has been through teams such as Lyon, Parma, Inter, Werder, Hoffenheim and Hertha. The French agency revealed it shocking incidentwith the 31-year-old being arrested by the police on the charge that after intense fight with his minor sister, grabbed her by the neck and tried to strangle her.

For the time being, no complaint has been made by his sister, but an investigation has begun, in order to establish the exact circumstances under which the incident took place, with the prosecution of Versailles having 48 hours to see how it will proceed and Belfodil to be for the time being under arrest.