Former Premier League star 'is robbed in broad daylight' in Barcelona - with 'two people stealing his watch as he paid for parking' after shopping trip

A erstwhile Premier League prima has been robbed successful wide daylight successful Barcelona, according to a report.

The midfielder is present playing for Girona successful LaLiga, connected indebtedness from Juventus pursuing a failed impermanent enactment with Liverpool successful the Premier League nether Jurgen Klopp 2 seasons ago.

He played conscionable erstwhile for the Reds - for 13 minutes - arsenic helium battled wounded issues and enactment woes having arrived with precocious hopes astatine the commencement of his German boss' penultimate twelvemonth astatine the club.

Marca study that Arthur Melo was enjoying immoderate clip disconnected successful Barcelona - wherever helium played for much than 2 years - to spell shopping, and was paying for his parking summons erstwhile the incidental occurred.

The lawsuit is said to person happened astatine 4pm connected Passeig de Gracia, and it is reported that an idiosyncratic hopped disconnected a motorbike and stole a luxury ticker earlier bolting astatine speed.

It is reported that determination were 2 radical progressive successful the robbery, with Melo unharmed and reporting the incidental to the police.

Marca accidental that Melo was successful grooming connected Friday arsenic mean and is apt to diagnostic for Girona successful their clash with Alaves connected Saturday.

It is not the archetypal clip the 28-year-old has allegedly been robbed, with it reported that two burglars broke into his location and threatened his member with a weapon successful 2019.

The break-in happened during Barcelona's 3-0 Champions League semi-final archetypal limb triumph against Liverpool six years ago. The 2 radical were understood to person taken valuables including jewellery and a Rolex watch.

Local reports said Melo's unnamed member returned location astir 11pm aft the lucifer to find 2 masked men successful the house, who enactment a limb akin to a screwdriver to his pharynx and forced him to unfastened a harmless with valuables inside. There were nary reports of immoderate injuries.

Melo has played six times since joining Girona connected indebtedness from Juventus successful January arsenic helium looks to find a nine to settee astatine having joined the Italian broadside successful 2020.

He besides spent clip connected indebtedness astatine Fiorentina aft leaving Liverpool, and has been capped 22 times by Brazil.