Thursday, July 31 2008 -- The mansions of the Manchester United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Anderson at Alderley Edge 12 miles south of Manchester have been attacked apparently by thieves, police and Old Trafford staff have revealed.

Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Anderson are away from England at the moment but both the Man United stars have been informed of the break-in ad have also been informed that their houses have been now given extra security.

The British tabloid The Mirror reports that the thieves attacked the house of the common cleaner and made away with the key to the footballers' houses. The police are taking this targeted break-in seriously and are not counting out the possibility that this might be something very much targeted at the players and not just any random break-in.

Such break-ins of footballers' houses have become quite common in the UK.