Gylfi Sigurðsson arrested for serious crime against a child
On Friday, the police in Manchester arrested the footballer Gylfa Sigurðsson, a player of Everton in the English league and the Icelandic national team, on suspicion of an offense against a child. These are simulated sources Mbl.is.
Everton confirmed yesterday that the team’s main group games had been sent from the team due to police investigations. “The company will continue to support the authorities’ investigation and will not be issuing any further statements at this time,” it said in a statement. statement from the company.
The British papers Daily mail and The sun along with others had reported on the arrest yesterday without mentioning Gylfa by name. In their news, it was stated that the police had searched the players’ houses due to sexual offenses, but after his arrest he was released on bail. It was stated that he was 31 years old, married and that the allegations were serious.
Gylfi is one of the best soccer players in Icelandic history and has had a successful professional career. As a teenager, he played with FH and Breiðablik before joining Reading in England at the age of 16. In 2010, his contract was sold to 1899 Hoffenheim in Germany, where he played for two years. After a loan spell at Swansea in Wales, he joined Tottenham Hotspur. He returned to Swansea before a rare move to Everton in 2017 for a club record fee. He has played there ever since and was vice-captain of the team. Gylfi was not on the team’s list of players this weekend when the team played a practice match.
Gylfi has played 78 national matches for the Icelandic men’s national team and scored 25 goals. He was a key member of the national team when Iceland played in its first major tournament, the 2016 European Championship, and reached the quarter-finals after a bold victory over England. He was also in the team for the 2018 World Championship.
Gylfi is the owner of the shipping company Blikabergs, which he has run together with his father and brother. In 2012, he brought 38 million ISK to the country through the investment channel of the Central Bank of Iceland to invest in the business.