Jamie Vardy's Italian Villa Burglarized for £80,000

Jamie Vardy, the former England striker now playing for Italian club Cremonese, returned from a match in Rome on Sunday to discover that burglars had broken into his family's lakeside villa near Salò in northern Italy, stealing watches, jewelry, and cash valued at around 80,000 pounds.

The incident occurred while Vardy was on the field for Cremonese's 3-1 defeat to Roma. According to local police, three intruders entered the 2 million-pound property overlooking Lake Garda through an open window and spent several minutes inside before fleeing with the items, which included a high-value Patek Philippe watch. A babysitter was present in the home at the time, but no one was harmed. It remains unclear whether any of the couple's six children were there during the burglary.

Captain Giacomo Tessarolo of the Salò Carabinieri told reporters that security footage captured the suspects entering the residence. "We have CCTV which shows the individuals entering the house through a window that was left open," Tessarolo said. "They were on the premises for several minutes before escaping with the watch and several other high-value items. There was a woman inside, not his wife but the...