West Ham’s manager Manuel Pellegrini has been mugged at gunpoint in Chile.
Pellegrini, 64, who won the Premier League with Manchester City in 2014, was on his way to a restaurant in Santiago with his wife and two friends when they were targeted by a gang.
A spokesman for West Ham United said: “We are relieved to hear that Manuel and his wife were both unharmed.” In a Tweet written in Spanish, Pellegrini thanked Chilean police for their “quick and courageous” response.
Felicitaciones a @Carabdechile por su rápida y valiente reacción. Agradezco el apoyo de la gente. Ojalá se le otorguen mas facultades a Carabineros para solucionar el tema de la delincuencia lo antes posible.
— Manuel Pellegrini R. (@Ing_Pellegrini) June 3, 2018
Pellegrini, who is from Chile, was appointed as West Ham’s manager in May. The club’s joint chairman, David Sullivan, has been in touch with him to offer “good wishes and support” following the mugging on Saturday evening.
The Chilean newspaper, La Cuarta, said Pellegrini’s wife had her purse stolen by the group. An official told the newspaper the gang shot at police before driving away in a stolen Porsche.
Another local news report said officers recovered the purse when they found the car abandoned. The former Manchester City and Real Madrid manager left his job with Hebei China Fortune last month.
Source: Times Live
