Ricardo Fuller - file

Jamaican international and Stoke City striker Ricardo Fuller was arrested on the weekend over what the Premier League club calls "an incident in a nightclub".

Stoke says that Fuller was arrested by police in the early hours of Sunday in the Hanley suburb of Stoke on suspicion of assault at the JFK nightclub.

He was later released on bail, pending further investigations.

A club statement read: "The club can confirm that Fuller was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning following an incident in a nightclub in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. We will be making no further comment at this time."

The Staffordshire police reported that a 21-year-old man suffered minor facial injuries after the alleged assault but did not require hospital treatment.

Fuller, who was part of the Stoke City team that defeated Blackburn 3-0 last Saturday, has been with the club since 2006 when he was signed for a fee of approximately £500,000.

He scored 11 Premier League goals in 2008-09 but has just one in 22 games this season.

This is not the first time that the former Tivoli Gardens hit man has found himself on the wrong side of the law after being arrested in early 2009 on suspicion of driving offences.

Despite the controversy, the striker trained with the rest of his teammates yesterday and is expected to be available to play against Wigan later today.

Fuller has over 60 appearances for Jamaica and has found the net on 11 occasions.