A Russian hooligan wanted for the “attempted homicide” of an England fan at the 2016 European Championship was arrested on Wednesday following a continent-wide manhunt.

The unnamed 31-year-old is suspected of attacking Andrew Bache, who was left paralysed on the left-hand side of his body after being hit around the head with an iron bar during a rampage ahead of England and Russia’s Euro 2016 opener in Marseille.

German police announced a man “now sits in jail” after being detained at Munich Airport while he was travelling to watch Spartak Moscow’s Europa League game at Athletic Bilbao.

He risks up to 15 years in prison in France for attempted homicide and grievous bodily harm.

The sickening attack on England fans by hammer and iron bar-wielding Russian hooligans two summers ago left 35 people injured, including two seriously.

One of those was 51-year-old Bache and British and French police worked together to identify his assailant before an arrest warrant was issued two months ago.