{"id":1261672,"date":"2022-12-05T12:55:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/05\/sterling-leaves-qatar-after-armed-robbers-break-into-his-uk-home\/"},"modified":"2022-12-05T12:55:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:55:42","slug":"sterling-leaves-qatar-after-armed-robbers-break-into-his-uk-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/05\/sterling-leaves-qatar-after-armed-robbers-break-into-his-uk-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Sterling leaves Qatar after armed robbers break into his UK home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image_2022-12-05_100456716-696x696.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Raheem Sterling\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Raheem Sterling has left the England World Cup squad in Qatar and returned to London after armed intruders broke into his home with his family inside.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Gareth Southgate confirmed the news after Sunday\u2019s 3-0 last-16 win against Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes football isn\u2019t the most important thing and family should come first,\u201d said Southgate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>It is understood the incident happened on Saturday night. Sterling has three young children.<\/p>\n<p>According to a spokesperson for the player, Sterling was \u201cshaken\u201d by the news and \u201cas soon as he was alerted he wanted to get home, concerned for the well-being of his children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Southgate added: \u201cWe want to give him that space and we will see over the next few days how that develops.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the Senegal match Sterling\u2019s team-mate Declan Rice said: \u201cI saw him at breakfast this morning then the manager said he had the difficulties at home so we\u2019ve all sent him a message.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s next match at the World Cup is against France in the quarter-finals on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Sterling is the second player to leave the England squad after Arsenal defender Ben White, who\u00a0returned to the UK on 30 November\u00a0for personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, three burglars who targeted a number of homes in the north west of England, including an attempted break-in at Sterling\u2019s then-home in Cheshire in November 2018,\u00a0were jailed.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea forward, 27, started and scored in England\u2019s 6-2 win over Iran in their opening group game before being called on again for the 0-0 draw with the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate opted instead to play Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden either side of Harry Kane for England\u2019s 3-0 win over Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The England boss has often relied on Sterling during major tournaments; he started all seven of England\u2019s Euro 2020 matches.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"G7vb6M0jkik\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supporting Farmer&#039;s day: Mpohor district director for agric calls for more support (02-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G7vb6M0jkik?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raheem Sterling has left the England World Cup squad in Qatar and returned to London after armed intruders broke into his home with his family inside. Manager Gareth Southgate confirmed the news after Sunday\u2019s 3-0 last-16 win against Senegal. \u201cSometimes football isn\u2019t the most important thing and family should come first,\u201d said Southgate. 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