Birmingham City: gang ‘held knives to Tahith Chong’s throat’ during home robbery

Masked robbers broke into the house of Birmingham City midfielder Tahith Chong and held him at knife point during a robbery in January.

The Sun reported that the robbers stole possessions worth thousands of pounds from the Manchester United loanee during the shocking incident which took place on Sunday, 16 January.

Chong has since confirmed that the incident did take place a few months ago in a post on his Instagram page and said that he is now “doing fine.”

The reports states that three balaclava-clad men broke into Chong’s home in Sale, Greater Manchester, at 3am while the footballer was asleep before holding knives to his throat.

The thieves reportedly demanded Chong hand over items including jewellery, watches and women’s designer bags, and they even mocked Chong over his ‘poor security’.

A source told The Sun: “It was an awful experience for him.

“He was woken to the sight of three armed men in balaclavas holding knives to his throat.

“They also shone torches in his eyes and ordered him to get up and give them items, including watches.

“It seemed like they knew what they were doing and what they were after.

“They knew who the player was and were calling him by his name.

“And they even told him that he really needed to improve his security or risked it happening again.

“It’s chilling. He was left extremely shaken.

“The gang were professional and seemed like they had done it before, possibly to other players.”

Chong responds to shocking incident

The Blues loanee addressed the reports in a post on his Instagram page on Sunday night (27 March).

He wrote: “Yesterday there was a report that came out as terrifying as the article may sound I am doing fine and this was a few months back so not as some reported last night.

“Thank you for all the messages and happy Mother’s Day to everyone.”

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