Ex-Manchester City star 'is arrested off team bus in Sao Paulo after failing to pay child support' to his model ex-girlfriend, as she shares a cryptic post on Instagram
- The 37-year-old has allegedly been embroiled in a legal war over payments
- The forward currently features for struggling Serie B side Amazonas FC
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Former Manchester City star Jo Alves has been arrested in Sao Paulo after allegedly failing to pay child support, according to reports in Brazil.
The 37-year-old moved to the Premier League side over 14 years ago, then tempted away from CSKA Moscow to become the club record signing in a £19million deal in 2008.
But Alves failed to settle at the Etihad, instead featuring during two loan stints at Everton between 2009 and 2011, before a third at Turkish Super Lig side Galatasaray.
Alves moved back to his home country with a move to Internacional in 2011, but 13 years later, the 37-year-old is toiling at Serie B side Amazonas, having joined the freshly promoted club at the start of the season.
The forward is believed to have been en route to a crunch clash against Ponte Preta on Tuesday evening, when as per reports in Brazil via the Sun, Alves was hauled off the team bus by police shortly after arriving in the city of Campinas in Sao Paulo.
![Former Manchester City record signing Jo Alves has reportedly been arrested in Sao Paulo](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601063-13394815-image-a-1_1715155533840.jpg)
Former Manchester City record signing Jo Alves has reportedly been arrested in Sao Paulo
![The 37-year-old (left) failed to settle in Manchester and enjoyed two loan stints at Everton between 2009 and 2011](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601345-13394815-image-a-17_1715156096751.jpg)
The 37-year-old (left) failed to settle in Manchester and enjoyed two loan stints at Everton between 2009 and 2011
![Years later, the player is allegedly embroiled in a legal tussle over child support with his former partner Maiara Quiderolly over their son Joao Gabriel](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601071-13394815-image-a-12_1715155639020.jpg)
Years later, the player is allegedly embroiled in a legal tussle over child support with his former partner Maiara Quiderolly over their son Joao Gabriel
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Alves is thought to have been taken to the 10th Police District of Campinas, where he was kept overnight, prompting a statement from his lawyer, Artur Eugenio Matias, several hours after his arrest.
'There was an arrest warrant issued in a city in Bahia (state) for a reasonably small debt,' Matias told reporters.
'According to the lawyer handling the case, the debt has been paid. Jo will go through the IML (Legal Medical Institute) and then go the prison of the 2nd DP.
'Tomorrow this debt, without any doubt, will be paid, and we hope that he will be released.'
As per Extra, Alves' ex-girlfriend Maiara Quiderolly was quick to comment on reports of Alves' arrest on social media, although it is not known whether the debt is tied to child support for the 16th-month-old son, Joao Gabriel, she shares with the footballer.
'One day for the hunt, another for the hunter,' Quiderolly is reported to have shared on her Instagram profile.
Alves and Quiderolly's son is one of the player's eight children, two of which he shares with his wife Claudia Silva, and six from relationships outside the marriage.
The former couple are believed to have had an affair during Alves' relationship with Silva, and Alves is not thought to have accepted paternity until Joao was nine months old, when the player underwent a paternity test.
![Quiderolly was quick to respond to reports of her ex-boyfriend's arrest, sharing a cryptic line](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601077-13394815-image-a-13_1715155644504.jpg)
Quiderolly was quick to respond to reports of her ex-boyfriend's arrest, sharing a cryptic line
![The influencer has frequently described Alves as not playing any sort of role in her son's life](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601075-13394815-image-a-14_1715155648781.jpg)
The influencer has frequently described Alves as not playing any sort of role in her son's life
![Quiderolly was forced to make Alves take a paternity test when Joao Gabriel was nine months](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601067-13394815-image-a-15_1715155652165.jpg)
Quiderolly was forced to make Alves take a paternity test when Joao Gabriel was nine months
Despite the outcome confirming that Alves was the father of her son, Quiderolly remained embroiled in a dispute over child support, with the influencer sharing in March that the player was frequently inconsistent with payments.
'I chose a s*** father for my son,' she said in an Instagram video. 'I can't receive the pension correctly, when he pays on the right day, he pays in different amounts, so I can't receive it correctly.
'The only thing set by law, he doesn't do correctly! It's always torture to get things, and always I'm considered wrong.'
In another video shared earlier this year, Quiderolly described Alves as a wholly absent father, but stressed that this was a better alternative than a present - and bad - one.
'I think the biggest difficulty is yet to come, which is when you start asking me questions. For now, none!' Quiderolly said when asked by a follower about the challenges of single motherhood.
'Better this way than a bad example of a father next door. How many children suffer more from the little absence than from the nothing!
![The Instagram personality frequently shares candid updates on family life with her followers](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601069-13394815-image-a-16_1715155656872.jpg)
The Instagram personality frequently shares candid updates on family life with her followers
![Now playing for Serie B side Amazonas, Alves (centre standing, pictured in 2014) previously featured for the Brazil national team](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/08/09/84601065-13394815-image-a-8_1715155585277.jpg)
Now playing for Serie B side Amazonas, Alves (centre standing, pictured in 2014) previously featured for the Brazil national team
'My son is SURE that his father is not present, some are hoping if he will arrive, if he will call, anyway...'
News of Quiderolly's pregnancy in 2022 sparked a rift between Alves and his wife, but shortly after announcing their divorce, husband and wife reconciled.
Without Alves to call upon, Amazonas' fortunes against Ponte Preta at the Estadio Moises Lucarelli were equally dire, with the team losing 3-0 on the road.
The result keeps them rooted to the relegation spots in Serie B, stuck on just a solitary point after three matches played.