Arsenal footballer Gabriel was attacked by robbers with a bat, but the player was able to fight back 
Arsenal ”Gabriel in London. This is reported by the Daily Mail.
The attack on the football player took place in August 2021, but the details of what happened have become known only now. The robbers tracked the athlete and his friend Rodrigo Tovares, who were returning home. The criminals entered Gabriel's garage and began to threaten him. They demanded the keys to the Mercedes car, a phone and a watch. After one of the attackers pounced on a football player with a bat, but the athlete fought him back, and the robbers fled.
One of the attackers was found thanks to DNA analysis from the cap he lost. The perpetrator was a previously convicted 26-year-old Abderaham Musa. He was sentenced to five years in prison. It has not yet been possible to catch two of his accomplices.
The judge considering this case stated that the criminals were not targeting Gabriel, as the star of the English Premier League. They tracked him down because they thought he was rich enough to rob.
Gabriel has been playing for Arsenal since September 2020. According to Spotrac, the player's annual salary is over 4.6 million pounds.
In December 2020, Chelsea defender Rhys James fell victim to robbers. The intruders broke the glass of the football player's car and stole the gifts he had prepared for the charity event.