Raheem Sterling has been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving after he allegedly crashed his automotive into motorway boundaries.
The previous England winger, who most lately performed for Feyenoord within the Dutch Eredivisie, is suspected of crashing his Lamborghini into boundaries on the M3 in Hampshire on Thursday morning.
The 31-year-old has been launched on bail pending additional enquiries.
In an announcement, Hampshire Police mentioned: “Simply earlier than 9am on Thursday, we acquired stories {that a} Lamborghini was in collision with boundaries on the M3 southbound, near the Minley Interchange.
“No different automobiles had been concerned and no accidents had been reported.
“The driving force, a 31-year-old man, from Berkshire, has been arrested on suspicion of driving a automobile while unfit by way of medicine, driving dangerously, possession of a Class C drug and failing to supply a specimen. He has been bailed whereas our enquiries proceed.”
A supply near Sterling confirmed the arrest however instructed BBC Sport there was “no proof” of medicine in his system.
The supply added the participant had confronted “an especially robust couple of years” and had been made to “really feel nugatory” and “forgotten about”.
Sterling joined Feyenoord in February on a deal till the tip of the season, having left Chelsea in January, however made simply eight appearances within the Netherlands.
He left the Blues by mutual consent after agreeing a settlement package deal with the Stamford Bridge membership over the ultimate 18 months of his contract, price in extra of £300,000-per-week.
In 4 years at Chelsea – together with a season-long mortgage at Arsenal – he made simply 59 league appearances after signing from Manchester Metropolis in 2022.
With Metropolis he received 4 Premier League titles, having began his senior profession with Liverpool earlier than shifting to Manchester in 2015.
Sterling has 82 England caps, the final of which was received on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
