Kortney Hause has opened up on a horrific gang attack that saw him ambushed and smashed around the head with a bottle.
The now Aston Villa star, then playing for Wolves, had been on a shopping trip with a friend but was followed home back in 2018.
Hause had been left out of his side's squad to play on Boxing Day so opted to travel back to Chelsmford, Essex to be with his family over the festive period.
He headed to Oxford Street, not knowing that he was being followed and, after driving home, was met by a gang who were targeting him.
The defender revealed all in the second part of a documentary titled PowerHause Journey ft. Kortney on social media .
He said: "I've walked to my front door, my boy has pulled off and a car... all tinted, pulled up and then stopped.
"All the doors opened apart from the driver's door and like five guys hopped out of the car and I'm thinking 'what's this some prank?'
"I remember there was a tall guy and the other guys were like average height, but the tall guy was like 'grab him, grab him, grab him'."
Hause initially evaded them, before the taller member smashed him over the head with a glass bottle.
The Villa star continued: "He pulls his arm back, I think he is going to punch me but that's when he like... it must have been a bottle because it smashed, it must have been the end of a bottle and that is where I got that scar.
"I got that scar from him literally whacking my head with a bottle."
The 26-year-old escaped once again but was met by the gang outside a nearby hospital.
Hause feared that they may have a gun before they were scared off by the sirens of an ambulance which allowed him to escape to A&E.
He added: "I can't even see through the window, it's like a nightmare you know when you can't even see the person's face, it's like a blur. It's just black, isn't it?
"I'm thinking 'Who is this?' no word of a lie, I know it sounds mad but I thought the window was going to come down and I thought they were going to shoot me.
"I thought they were going to have a gun and shoot me. I was thinking 'Why are you chasing me this much? You must want me dead'."
Hause was quickly given treatment and has recovered.
On the pitch, the defender enjoyed a season-high when he scored the winner at Old Trafford to see off Manchester United back in September.
