Armed men in the early hours of Friday held Chris Smalling, a footballer, and his family at gunpoint in their home in Italy.
According to reports, the footballer was inside the house with his model wife and two-year-old son when three masked men barged in and forced him to open the family’s safe.
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Smalling was forced to hand over his Rolex watch, and other valuables from the safe
The police received a call from Smalling’s wife , Sam, around 5am,and officers arrived at the family’s villa , located 25miles south of Rome.
The police are still investigating the incident and Roma has offered to support the player.
He lives with his wife Sam, a glamour model from Manchester. The couple have been married since June 2017 and welcomed their first son, Leo, just before they moved to Italian capital
The defender has been playing in Rome since summer in 2019.