Valencia striker Rafa Mir has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in Spain.
A spokeswoman for Spain’s Civil Guard police force said that the football player was arrested on Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
It was gathered that his club said that they were “aware” of 27-year-old Mir’s arrest and he was not present at a training session on Tuesday.
“He is under arrest for alleged sexual assault,” a spokesperson for Spain’s Civil Guard police force told the AFP news agency.
Reports of the player’s arrest had emerged in Spanish media earlier on Tuesday.
“The club is aware of this arrest and, in the absence of details about it, for the moment can only state that it will collaborate in everything that justice may require,” the Spanish first division side said in a statement.
The striker moved to Wolves from Valencia in 2018 but played only four times for the club.
He joined Sevilla in 2021 following loan spells at Nottingham Forest, Las Palmas, and Huesca during his time at Wolves.
Mir returned to Valencia on loan in July.
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