Ex Fulham goalkeeper tied up by armed robbers & wife threatened in front of kids

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Ex-Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico tied up by armed robbers and wife threatened in front of kids during terrifying raid

FORMER Fulham goalie Sergio Rico and his family have suffered a terrifying armed robbery while they were having dinner at home.

The 33-year-old was tied up after five masked raiders smashed down the front door of the footballer's property near Seville and threatened his influencer wife Alba Silva in front of their two children, including their baby son.

Sergio Rico and wife Alba Silva were tied up in a terrifying raid by masked thugs

The pair have two young children

Alba's mum reportedly had a gun put to her head at the dinner table by one of the intruders while his accomplices ransacked the house in Bollullos de la Mitacion and took valuables including cash, jewellery and designer handbags.

Police were today investigating the violent break-in after Sergio, who played for Fulham in the 2018/19 season on loan from Sevilla before joining Paris Saint-Germain, although no arrests are yet thought to have been made.

Alba admitted overnight she was still deeply traumatised following Monday night's violent break-in, saying in a post to her 255,000 Instagram followers: "I'm still in shock after what happened, I am without words.

"But the only really important thing is that thanks to God our family is safe. Thank you to everyone for your concern."

Sergio, who spent nearly three weeks in a coma and 36 days in intensive care after being hit by a mule cart and runaway horse in May 2023 while he enjoyed downtime at an annual pilgrimage in south-west Spain, has yet to comment on his social media.

But the goalkeeper, currently a free agent after playing for Al-Gharafa in Qatar, has contacted Spanish journalists to admit the gang who targeted them were extremely violent but refute reports he was badly beaten.

As well as Sergio's mother-in-law and the couple's children Carla, two last month, and three-month-old baby son Sergio Jr, a female maid was with them when the horror crime unfolded around 10pm on Monday.

The value of the items stolen has not been made public.

He was in a coma for nearly three weeks in 2023Credit: AFP
The criminals who targeted them have been described locally as non-Spaniards who are probably of "Arabic origin or Albanians."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/40755087/sergio-rico-fulham-armed-robbers/

[SimonDaviesEnjoyer]

Good god...

[fulhamfan]

Not had much luck this guy

[hovewhite]

Albanians involved no one's safe.

[@jolslover]

Rico was a good keeper I thought, didn't have the best command of his area but he was a great shot stopper and kept us in quite a few games.

Sad to see he's had some bad luck off the pitch since leaving us.

[Slaphead in Qatar]

There's a big difference between the way Arabs and Albanians look, their languages are completely different sounding etc etc.

So how those 2 groups have been conflated with each other is a mystery - oh wait a minute it's the Sun..............