FRENCH footballer Aminata Diallo allegedly searched online for “how to break a kneecap” before an attack on her ex-Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kheira Hamraoui.
Extracts of a police surveillance report published by Le Parisien newspaper also paint a picture of Diallo developing a “pathological” hatred towards her fellow midfielder.
Police are said are said to have bugged Diallo’s phone in the wake of the attack on November 4.
The 27-year-old, who has seven caps and one goal for France, is also alleged to have looked up “dangerous drug cocktail” in the lead-up to the incident.
Diallo was charged with aggravated assault on Friday in connection with the attack on Hamraoui, 32, by two masked strangers.
Hamraoui was a passenger in a car driven by Diallo when she was dragged from the vehicle and beaten on the legs with an iron bar.
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Quoting the police report, Le Parisien claims Diallo “considered her an obstacle to her own sports career”.
The source material is said to reference a “slow psychological drift that has become, so to speak, pathological”.
Diallo, who is a free agent after her PSG contract expired, was released without charges after being taken into custody in November.
She has consistently maintained her innocence from the start of the investigation.
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Ex-Barcelona star Hamraoui, who has 39 caps and three goals for France, told French daily newspaper L’Equipe about her ordeal last year.
She said: “That night, I really thought I was going to stay there… I was screaming in pain.
“I tried to protect myself as much as possible. I have a very painful memory.”
Four men were arrested in connection with the attack and one reportedly admitted they were paid to do it.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
