Jamie Vardy’s Italian villa has been raided by thieves who got away with £80,000 worth of valuables.
Vardy had been away playing for Cremonese during their 3-1 defeat to Serie A heavyweights Roma on Sunday when his villa was targeted by a group of three men.
The English striker, who relocated to Italy in the summer, owns a villa on the shores of Lake Garda in the Italian Alps, where he resides with Rebekah Vardy. According to the Daily Mail, the men forced entry through a window and fled with several high-value possessions.
The report notes the men stole watches (including a Philipe Patek piece), jewellery and cash totalling more than £80,000.
A police source told the outlet: “We think the gang have been watching him and his family and timed the break in to coincide when he was away in Rome.”
Captain Giacomo Tessarolo, of the local carabinieri police in Salo, added: “We have CCTV which shows one individuals entering the house through a window that was left open.
“They were on the premises for several minutes before escaping with the watch and several other high value items. There was woman inside, not his wife but the baby sitter.
“The theft was discovered when some of Vardy’s friends returned to the house and found items on the floor and it had evidently been broken into.”
Salo is situated just west of the scenic Italian lake in the Lombardy region and roughly 50 miles from Cremona, where he currently plays.
Vardy moved there in the summer when he signed for the Italian club after his contract with Leicester expired — where he had spent 13 seasons.
The former Fox has a 12-month deal in Italy, and during the clash with Roma he wore ‘Becky’ on the back of his shirt to promote a domestic violence campaign.