Apparently, the disturbing trend of rich superstar athletes being targets for robbery isn't limited to America. It seems to be all the rage in Liverpool as well.Liverpool Football Club may employ security guards to protect the luxury homes of their players during away matches after a spate of burglaries by organised gangs.
The club announced it would take urgent action after Steven Gerrard, the captain, became the seventh player to be burgled on Tuesday night, while he was away leading Liverpool to victory in Marseilles in the European Champions' League.
More than half the team have been targeted in the same way, during high-profile matches.
The Gerrard burglary follows similar attacks on the homes of Dirk Kuyt, Peter Crouch, Pepe Reina and Daniel Agger. This has led to the running joke that Rafa Benitez' rotation system at Liverpool is a system to throw the burglars off-guard, so that they'll never know which players are home on game days.
Regardless, one Washington Redskins player is dead because of this trend. Let's hope that sad episode doesn't repeat itself in Europe.
(H/T: With Leather)
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