João Cancelo: Manchester City player robbed and bloodied

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"Was attacked by four cowards": João Cancelo

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Once again, criminals attacked and robbed a professional footballer from the English Premier League in his property.

Manchester City's João Cancelo made the incident public on Thursday night in an Instagram story and posted a photo of himself with a laceration over his right eye.

"Unfortunately, today I was attacked by four cowards who injured me and tried to injure my family as well," wrote the 27-year-old Portuguese.

He tried to defend himself and was then beaten by the perpetrators.

According to the circumstances, his family is doing fine, Cancelo continued.

But the perpetrators apparently made lucrative prey.

"You took all my jewelry with you," said the defender of the championship leaders from Manchester.

Cancelo isn't the first Premier League star targeted by criminals.

In the summer of 2019, ex-national players Mesut Özil and Sead Kolašinac were attacked by two armed men in London.

Kolisinac fended off the attack with his bare hands, the perpetrators were later caught and sentenced to prison terms.

It was only this month that Arsenal FC's Brazilian Gabriel was threatened with a baseball bat by two thieves in the garage of his home.

However, he was able to put her to flight and kept the hat of a perpetrator who was convicted by means of a DNA test.

Previously, Reece James from Chelsea and the two Tottenham pros Jan Vertonghen and Dele Alli had also been targeted by criminals.

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