MANCHESTER United captain Bruno Fernandes’ has had a day of hell as he returned to his £4million mansion ransacked only a couple of hours later after being thrashed by Como.
The Red Devils were 4-0 down but got a consolation goal in the 90th minute from sub Joshua Zirkzee. But the skipper wasn’t the pitch to help create it as he was dragged off by manager Michael Carrick in the 66th minute!
The Portuguese midfielder’s wife Ana Pinho and their two young children were in the house when broken into.
Cheshire Police are conducting an active investigation for this situation as an alarm was triggered to the police by a neighbour spotted “three unknown men” the back garden which backs on towards a large wood area.
“At around 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday Oct. 21, police were called to reports of suspicious activity at an address in the Alderley Park area of Nether Alderley.”
ESPN were told by the Cheshire Police.
“The caller reported three unknown men in the rear garden of a neighbouring property.
“Officers attended the scene and on arrival there was no trace of the suspects. “
Detective Inspector David Jarvis of Macclesfield Proactive CID said:
“This investigation is in its early stages at this time, and we’re committed to doing all we can to trace the people responsible.
“As part of our enquiries were keen to hear from anyone who was in the local area at the time and believes they may have witnessed anything suspicious.”
It isn’t uncommon for a footballer’s house all over Europe to be targeted when they are away on match day with there being a long list within the last 10 years such as:
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Barcelona)
- Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)
- Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
- Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
- Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)
- Reece James (Chelsea)
- Alex Oxlade-Chamerlain (Liverpool)
