Bissouma robbed of luxury watch in Cannes attack

Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma was robbed of his luxury watch by 2 assailants connected Sunday.

The Mali international, 27, was pinch his woman extracurricular a edifice successful Cannes connected nan French Riviera erstwhile nan mugging occurred astatine astir 04:00 section clip (03:00 BST).

Bissouma was returning to his edifice erstwhile 2 hooded men attacked him pinch tear state and took his watch worthy 300,000 euros (£255,000) earlier fleeing, his lawyer Bastien Caire confirmed pursuing media reports.

Caire declined to remark further while an investigation is ongoing.

In a statement, Tottenham said: "We are alert of nan incident that took spot and we will proceed to cheque connected nan use of Yves and his family."

Bissouma joined Spurs from Brighton for £25m positive add-ons successful nan summertime of 2022.

He made 28 appearances for nan nine past season, erstwhile they vanished 5th successful nan Premier League and qualified for nan Europa League.