It’s not how you want to spend your post-season holiday! Tottenham Hotspur right-back Emerson Royal travelled back to Sao Paulo in his native Brazil to unwind and relax, but has instead found himself targeted by an armed robber!Royal was leaving a nightclub in the early hours on Friday and was asked for a selfie by a fan. Just a few seconds later, an armed man came up to the 23-year-old footballer and asked him to stand and deliver.A fan saved Emerson from being killed 🤯 what a legend #THFC #SPURS #COYS 🤍 pic.twitter.com/AVQbvBTfiq— CBgrphx (@CBgrphx) June 3, 2022 By pure chance, the guy who wanted a photo with the former Barcelona player was an off-duty member of the Brazilian military police! The policeman drew his weapon to defend the Brazil international. The robber didn’t run away but started a full-blown gunfight. According to police reports, at least 29 shots were fired, of which one ended up in the robber’s back. Nobody else was injured.Saturday, 15.00: (2.40) AFC Leopards (3.00) Nairobi City Stars (3.05)The footballer’s plans for the holiday probably didn’t include being interviewed by the police and getting in gunfights, but that’s how his weekend began. Emerson’s father Leite de Souza told the local press that the event was like something out of a horror film.”The policeman went, as usual, with Royal to the car for a photo when he realized there was a robbery and the criminal was pointing the gun at Emerson. The criminal got distracted, and the policeman started to exchange shots with him. There were around five or six people with the robber. Each one went to a side running, dodging because they didn’t know where the shots were coming from.”Emerson Royal: “I will speak shortly about the event… thank you for everyone’s concern thank god I’m fine.🙏🏾” pic.twitter.com/8fQ1sS8vyQ— The Spurs Express (@TheSpursExpress) June 3, 2022 The defender has fair chances of getting picked to represent his country in the upcoming World Cup, but today he should be thankful that he’s still alive after getting in the middle of a scary gunfight.
