Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino was targeted by burglars less than two days before the Brazilian was arrested and charged with drink-driving, local police have confirmed.
The Liverpool Echo have reported that Firmino’s house, in the Mossley Hill area of the city, was burgled on 22 December by a gang who stole £70,000 worth of items. Firmino and his family were moved to a hotel, with the club later placing a security team at the home.
“While the occupiers were not in at the time, it has clearly been very upsetting to find their home has been targeted in this way,” detective inspector Steve Christian of Liverpool CID told the Echo. “I would ask the offenders to do the right thing and return the stolen items to the owner in any way possible.”
Firmino was stopped in the early hours of Christmas Eve in Liverpool city centre and charged with drink driving. He is due to appear in court on 31 January – the same day Liverpool host Chelsea.
The burglary follows an attempted raid on Wayne Rooney’s home in August, carried out while the Manchester United forward played in a club testimonial. Robert McNamara, a former serviceman from Scarborough, was jailed for the attempted burglary in December.
