At the time of the break-in, there were ten relatives and family members in Jack Grealish’s mansion watching City’s away game on a virtual television.
Premier League club Manchester City winger Jack Grealish experienced a nasty surprise after Christmas.
Thieves broke into the mansion of Grealish, who was playing in Liverpool against Everton on Wednesday night, and took British sources by a million pounds worth of jewelery and watches.
Ten of Grealish’s relatives and family members were watching the match on television at the time of the break-in at the mansion in Cheshire, northwest England.
The family members realized the situation when the dogs barked and noise was heard from upstairs, causing them to run away and hide from the thieves.
The family members pressed the alarm button in the mansion, after which the police arrived with dogs and a helicopter. However, the thieves managed to escape from the scene.
of The Sun magazine according to the source, the family was shocked by the incident, but no one was physically injured.
Grealish had moved into the £5.6m mansion before Christmas.
City beat Everton 3–1 and are fourth in the league, five points behind leaders Liverpool.
Another Premier League player also fell victim to a robbery in December.
A group armed a few weeks earlier broke through West Ham’s top defender Kurt Zouman home and stole £100,000 worth of goods.
Zouma was at home with his family at the time of the robbery on December 2 and did not attend the team’s match against Crystal Palace the following day.
West Ham announced offering a £25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the thieves.
– Kurt’s home was broken into while his family was at home, which has caused them all great stress. Fortunately, no one was injured, but the experience was traumatic for the family, West Ham’s press release read.
Corrected at 1:14 p.m.: Grealish is pictured on the left, not the right.