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Daily Mirror
a minute ago
- Daily Mirror
Strictly Come Dancing star Chris Robshaw ready to quit BBC show over crazed stalker
Strictly Come Dancing star Chris Robshaw has told pals he would quit the show "without hesitation" if his stalking hell got worse and put wife Camilla and their kids at risk Rugby ace Chris Robshaw informed the police before his own family that he was considering signing up for Strictly Come Dancing after being targeted by a female stalker. The former England rugby star, 39, called in the cops after the woman threatened him with violence and spread false allegations about him and his opera singer wife Camilla Kerslake, 39. And a pal told the Mirror how he sought the permission of officers assigned to his case to get the green light to do the BBC show. The friend said: 'Before signing up, he had to tell his case officer that he was doing the show, going as far to ask for their blessing as such. The Police were told about Strictly, before he told his own family. He was one of the last celebrities to sign up, because he was taking the right measures to secure his family, before signing on the dotted line'. The stalking began six months after the woman met him briefly during two work events last year. She is understood to have left the country and is on the National Police Wanted List. Chris has said he would even be prepared to quit Strictly if things got worse. The source added: 'Chris has made it clear that his family always comes first. He told friends that if this situation ever put Camilla or the children at risk, he'd walk away from Strictly without hesitation. "He almost pulled out of the show altogether but changed his mind because he wants his son to see him out there, embracing something new and fun. He doesn't want fear to win.' Opening up about the ordeal, the pal told how his wife Camilla was too scared to leave the house at times because of the woman. The pal said: 'This woman is unhinged and nobody knows what her next move will be. Camilla has been left petrified about leaving the house with the children. "She's confided in friends that she has even run through scenarios in her head of how she would protect them if this individual were to approach - 'that's how real the fear has been utterly consuming — their lives have been hijacked by this ordeal.' Chris earned 66 caps for England, captaining them 43 times and leading the team to a Six Nations Grand Slam victory in 2016. A spokesperson for Chris told the Mirror: 'This is an ongoing police investigation, and therefore we are unable to comment at this time. Chris will not be commenting further.' Speaking about joining Strictly, Rob said previously: 'This is about as far out of my comfort zone as it gets! I'm hoping to take my dad dancing to a whole new level, and my mum can't wait to drag me along to her Zumba class. Let's see if a rugby sidestep works in the Cha Cha Cha.'
BBC News
2 minutes ago
- BBC News
Transfer window set to break all records
With two weeks to go until the Premier League summer transfer window closes, clubs are well on course to spend a record amount on new from Transfermarkt, external shows that Premier League clubs have already spent £2.26bn on players since the window opened at the start of is an increase of 12.7% on the £1.97bn spent during the summer of current record stands at £2.36bn during the 2023 summer transfer window. With more deals to come and the future of several players unclear as the 1 September deadline nears, it seems certain a new record will be BBC Sport takes a deeper look at the spending and how it compares with other leagues in Europe. Premier League spending bigger than Europe's big leagues combined As always, Premier League clubs are spending more than their foreign top-flight clubs have exceeded the transfer investments of Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and La Liga teams in the Premier League have spent £1bn more than they have raised in sales. The only other top European league to have a minus net spend is La Liga, where Spanish clubs have spent £35m more than they have brought is perhaps unsurprising that the Premier League is driving the sales for the bigger three biggest Premier League signings so far this summer in terms of fees paid have been for players from Bundesliga clubs - Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool) - £100m rising to £116m with add ons; Hugo Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt to Liverpool) - £69m rising to £79m with add-ons; Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig to Manchester United) - £66.3m rising to £73.7m with Serie A is the top-spending league outside the Premier clubs have spent £783m - but that is still less than the net spend of the Premier League, never mind the total spend. Six clubs break transfer record This has been an unusual transfer window - in that there have been two first opened between Sunday, 1 June and Tuesday, 10 June, because of an exceptional registration period relating to the Fifa Club World Cup.A total of £400m was spent before the traditional transfer window opened, with Manchester City paying about £108m to sign Rayan Cherki, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Tijjani then reopened on Monday, 16 June and will close again on Monday, 1 clubs have broken their transfer records this completed a deal of up to £42.5m to sign Burkina Faso forward Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth, who spent £34.6m on French centre-back Bafode promoted Burnley and Sunderland have paid £25m and £26m respectively for French midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu and Senegal midfielder Habib Diarra, whose deal could rise to £30m with Forest have broken their transfer record twice this summer, first for Switzerland winger Dan Ndoye from Bologna, then winger Omari Hutchison from Ipswich for £ June, Liverpool signed Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for a guaranteed £100m and a further £16m in add-ons. Should those add-ons be achieved, Wirtz's move to Anfield would become a British transfer record to beat the £107m Chelsea paid Benfica for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in the current 20 Premier League clubs, 16 have broken their transfer record in the past four years, with four - Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal - having transfer records of £100m or the other end of the scale, Burnley's record transfer fee paid is £ spending about £200m on players this summer, Manchester United's record signing remains Paul Pogba from Juventus for £91m in 2016, around the same time Crystal Palace paid Liverpool £27m for Christian Benteke, which also remains a record for the Eagles. How does spending compare to Europe's top clubs? For the past two seasons, all three teams promoted to the Premier League - Burnley, Sheffield United, Luton Town, Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton - have been relegated straight is harder than ever which perhaps explains why Sunderland have been busy recruiting players like former Arsenal midfielder Granit to Transfermarkt, the Black Cats are now top of the table in terms of clubs promoted to the Premier League with highest spends., external Next are Nottingham Forest, who invested heavily after promotion in La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1, only Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid have spent more than the £140m-plus Sunderland have paid for Atletico Madrid are the biggest spenders outside the Premier League having shelled out £153m, with neighbours Real Madrid a close second on £ figures, however, are well down on the reported £289.5m Liverpool have invested in their squad since being crowned Premier League is more than three times the amount Paris St-Germain (£90m) have spent since winning the Champions in Europe, Juventus have spent £103m, Bayer Leverkusen £100m, RB Leipzig £98m and AC Milan £ have spent just £22.5m so far. The biggest signing outside the Premier League is Luis Diaz from Liverpool to Bayern Munich in a £65.5m deal, including add-ons. And how big could it become? With the clock ticking towards the deadline, the future of Newcastle forward - and Liverpool target - Alexander Isak, who is valued at £150m by his club, remains Premier League spending smash the £2.5bn barrier?Liverpool are keen on Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, while Eagles forward Eberechi Eze is wanted by forward Yoane Wissa and Manchester United striker Alejandro Garnacho could also be on the move, along with Chelsea's Nicolas Jackson and Christopher will Premier League spending stand after the window closes?Let us know your thoughts - comment below.
BBC News
3 minutes ago
- BBC News
Everton forward Sherif joins Rotherham on loan
Rotherham United have signed Everton forward Martin Sherif, external on a season-long 19-year-old is yet to make a senior appearance for the scored 21 goals in 48 appearances in the U18 Premier League, and also has five goals in Premier League 2 for Everton move is subject to Premier League, EFL and FA are next in action against Wigan Athletic in League One on Saturday.
