Dutch star Quincy Promes to be charged with attempted murder

Netherlands and Spartak Moscow midfielder Quincy Promes will be charged with attempted murder, the public prosecution department said on Thursday.

The charges follow a family party in July 2020 in which a nephew of Promes was stabbed, resulting in a serious knee injury.

Promes was arrested and held in custody for two nights while police questioned him about the incident last December.

The 29-year-old midfielder has denied the allegations.

On Thursday prosecutors said they had decided to bring charges of attempted manslaughter and assault against a 29-year-old from Amsterdam.

Promes, who played for Ajax in the Netherlands between 2019 and 2021, has been named as the suspect in Dutch media reports.

The midfielder has scored seven goals in 50 appearances for the Dutch national team since his debut in 2014.

He last appeared for the Netherlands in their upset 2-0 defeat against the Czech Republic in an Euro 2020 match in June.

In October this year, Dutch national coach Louis van Gaal said he wouldn’t select Promes for the team while until the criminal case against him was ongoing. “I don’t think I select players who are involved in such matters,” van Gaal said.