Bendtner suspended six months after drinking binge

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - The Danish football Federation (DBU) have suspended striker Nicklas Bendtner from international football for six months after being arrested for drink driving, they announced on Monday.

The 25-year-old who is currently on loan at Juventus from Arsenal was taken to a police station after being caught driving the wrong way down a street in downtown Copenhagen in the early hours of Sunday morning.

"The DBU have demanded that Nicklas Bendtner take six months off to think over his international future," read a federation statement. "The DBU respect the rights of all players to have a private life, but we also have certain rules that need to be met by international players in their public behaviour," continued the statement.

Bendtner, who has flirted with controversy throughout his career, was also in hot water at Euro 2012 when he was fined heavily by Uefa after revealing a bookmakers name on his underpants after scoring a goal.