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Alexander Isak had cash and jewellery stolen from his home(Image: Offside via Getty Images)

An Italian burglar has been found guilty of a high value raid on the home of Newcastle United Cup hero Alexander Isak.

Valentino Nikolov, 32, was part of a professional gang of 'touring burglars' which stole more than £1m worth of goods.

He said he left the house locked and secure but when he got back: “I noticed my bins at the front of the property and this is not where I left them, which was by the gate.”

He said he found a glass door had been smashed and personal property was strewn around.

He added: “Upstairs in a bedroom I keep cash in bags and this had been stolen.

"This was £5,000 to £10,000 in cash in notes and coins.” Mr Isak said a metal safe had been stolen from one of the bedrooms but he said that had been left by a previous tenant and he didn’t know what, if anything, it contained as he was unable to gain access to it.

Cup hero Alexander Isak was targeted in burglary(Image: Offside via Getty Images)

He added that his Audi RS6 estate and its keys were stolen.

In a second statement, Mr Isak said he had identified that jewellery had been stolen from the main bedroom.

Sweden and Newcastle United striker Mr Isak said on April 21 last year he was shown pictures of a safe recovered by police which he said was visually consistent with the safe that had been in his house.

It had been damaged to force it open by the time the pictures were taken.

Mr Isak said: “The safe stolen from my home did not have such damage and this must have been caused after the burglary.” The gang is to be sentenced at a date yet to be set, the court heard.

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