Spain's BARCELONA (AP) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Barcelona was beaten and robbed early on Monday by a group of masked individuals who had broken into his home, the club claimed.
Barcelona acknowledged the event and stated that the player's wife and child were doing fine.
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Authorities said to El Pais, a Spanish newspaper, that Aubameyang was struck and coerced into opening a safe containing the couple's jewels. He and his wife allegedly faced threats from the assailants brandishing pistols and iron bars.
According to the authorities, at least four males broke into the player's house before driving away.
After lengthy stays with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga and Arsenal in the Premier League, the 33-year-old Aubameyang, a Gabonese international, signed with Barcelona at the beginning of the year.
In Sunday night's 4-0 victory over Valladolid in the Spanish league, Barcelona, Aubameyang did not participate. He is one of the players anticipated to be traded to another team, so the organization may free up salary cap space.
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Two weeks ago, as Robert Lewandowski arrived for practice at the club's training facility, a watch was stolen from his arm.
In Spain, burglaries at soccer players' homes are not unheard of. However, they typically occur when the players' families are gone for games. Casemiro, Alvaro Morata, Gerard Pique, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba, and former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane were among the players who were reportedly victims in the past.
A few years ago, Spanish police dismantled a gang plundering players' homes while they were playing.
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