A suspect was arrested in France on Wednesday in connection with the unresolved street attack on Paris Saint-German women’s footballer Kheira Hamraoui last year, which shook the Qatar-owned club.

The prosecutor’s office in Versailles, southwest of Paris, said a suspect had been arrested five months after Hamraoui was dragged from a car and assaulted with an iron bar near the French capital.

According to a source close to the investigation, the arrested man was a “friend” of Aminata Diallo, Hamraoui’s teammate and midfield competitor who was detained by police immediately following the incident last November but has always denied any participation.

According to the source, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case, police believe the apprehended suspect, who was characterized as “known to police,” may have played a role in the assault.

On November 4, Hamraoui was assaulted as she drove home from a club supper in a car driven by Diallo.

The two players, both capped by France, were competing for the same spot in the PSG team, and police appeared to initially focus on the assumption that the attack was motivated by a competitive rivalry.

“We are not aware of any Aminata Diallo acquaintance being detained,” Diallo’s lawyer, Mourad Battikh, told local news.

“Aminata Diallo, more than anybody else, wishes to see the light and the truth in this case.”

Diallo and one of her friends were detained but freed without trial in early November of last year.

She rejected a “completely manufactured impression of a rivalry” between her and Hamraoui in a statement released after her two days of questioning, and she slammed “media speculation which has already condemned her, without justification.”

According to reports, Hamraoui’s connection with several of her teammates has worsened because they blame her for Diallo’s detention.

After the assault, Hamraoui reportedly informed police that she assumed Diallo was involved because of the strange route she drove home and the slow speed of their vehicle when the two attackers leaped out to halt it.

According to a club insider, a new confrontation happened last Saturday during PSG training between several players and Hamraoui.

Hamraoui did not make it to the PSG team for the first leg of the Champions League semifinal against Lyon on Sunday, and will not attend club training this week or play in the second game on Saturday.

Said Harir, Hamraoui’s lawyer, wrote to PSG last month to condemn “a campaign of harassment and denigration.”