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26th   Feb

Wags to riches…

Worried footballers are beefing up security after the latest in a series of raids on their multi-million pound homes.

Manchester United star Darren Fletcher became the 14^th premiership footballer targeted by violent robbers while he was in Italy for the Champions’ League clash against Inter Milan.

A gang threatened his fiancée, Hayley Grice, at knifepoint, ordering her to hand over her £30,000 engagement ring, after breaking into their £2 million home.

The robbery comes just months after similar attacks on the homes of Steven Gerrard and Emile Hesky, must have left petrified WAGs across the country wondering if they will be next.

I can’t begin to imagine what it feels like, but I do know how scared I am when I stay in the house alone – and I don’t have any expensive jewellery or a fleet of luxury cars sitting in the driveway.

But some people are saying that is precisely why they are being targeted.

It’s no secret that footballers earn millions and flaunt that wealth by turning up to training in flashy cars or treating their WAGs to huge diamond rings.

And everyone knows when footballers are going to be away from home - in this case Fletcher had been photographed flying out to Italy for the game just hours earlier.

But they can’t be blamed for it when all they are doing is enjoying their hard-earned cash.

How many people can honestly say that if they had the same amount of money in their bank account, they wouldn’t go out and buy everything they wanted and then show it off?

Whether they are targeting the rich or poor, it’s the thugs who are to blame, not the footballers and their girlfriends for simply spending their own money they have worked for.

Written by Gemma