Monaco striker and captain Wissam Ben Yedder, indicted for rape this week for facts dating back to early July on the Côte d’Azur, is in the group that travels to Clermont for the 1st day of Ligue 1 on Sunday , we learned from the Monegasque club.
Placed under judicial supervision following a judicial investigation opened against him, the 32-year-old French international footballer (19 caps), who had to “pay a deposit of 900,000 euros”, had spent 48 hours in police custody between Tuesday and Thursday, the Nice prosecutor’s office told AFP.
Holder and captain?
The prosecution had also requested the detention of the player, but this was refused by the judge of freedoms and detention. As his judicial review authorizes him to travel to France, Ben Yedder can play Sunday in Clermont, for the opening of the season of the French League championship with Monaco, of which he is the captain.
Will he be lined up as starter and captain at Stade Gabriel-Montpied at 3 p.m.? During the traditional pre-match press conference, the new Austrian coach Adi Hütter confirmed that Ben Yedder would be captain and starter on Sunday.
Sentenced for tax evasion
Ben Yedder, who turned 33 on Saturday, made his professional debut in Toulouse before joining Spanish club Sevilla FC in 2016, where he confirmed his potential. Back in France in 2019 under the colors of AS Monaco, he has 19 caps for the France team (3 goals).
He scored 25 goals in all competitions (including 19 in Ligue 1) last season for Monaco. In April, he was sentenced by the court of Seville (southern Spain) to a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine of 133,798.70 euros for tax evasion.