IRNA - Hertha Berlin's midfielder Ashkan
Dejagah was detained for several hours Monday evening for failing to appear
in court on a traffic violation, Bild newspaper reported Wednesday.
The 21-year-old German-Iranian footballer was picked up by two plainclothes
police officers at his home in Berlin's Spandau district and transferred to
a police station, where he was detained overnight.
Dejagah had failed to attend a court hearing on December 19 in connection
with a hit-and-run incident.
A Berlin judge ordered Dejagah's release from jail on condition he appeared
at his next court hearing.
Dejagah is also facing an inofficial ban by Hertha Berlin for unexpectedly
signing a three-year deal with Bundesliga rivals VfL Wolfsburg.
Herha Berlin coach Falko Goetz has demoted Dejagah to the amateur squad
until further notice.
The talented German-Iranian midfielder, who is to join Wolfsburg on a
transfer-free basis at the end of the season, will reportedly earn around
one million euros a year.
Dejagah, who joind Berlin as a junior player in 2000, has also been linked
to other Bundesliga clubs, notably FC Nuremberg and Borussia Dortmund.
