Fullkrug's Italian nightmare continues - first injured, now robbed
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Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 18.01.26. | 14:17
AC Milan's new striker loses €500,000 in jewellery. Previously, he fractured his toe after just 106 Serie A minutes
Niclas Fullkrug's Italian adventure has barely begun, yet it already feels cursed.
Fresh off his move from West Ham, the German striker arrived at San Siro hoping for a clean slate, a revival, maybe even redemption. Instead, Serie A has greeted him with a brutal double blow: injured on the pitch, then robbed off it.
Still living out of a hotel while settling into life with the Rossoneri, Fullkrug left for training on Wednesday morning only to return to a scene straight out of a crime report. According to La Repubblica, thieves forced open the safe in his room and made off with four luxury watches worth around €500,000. Even the temporary safety of a hotel proved meaningless. Milan's newest signing is now cooperating with authorities as investigators search for fingerprints and leads.
But that's not the first misfortune for the German forward.
🇩🇪 Niclas Füllkrug has been the victim of a hotel robbery in Milan.
— Football Tweet ⚽ (@Footballtweet) January 17, 2026
▪️ Füllkrug left the hotel for a training session on Wednesday morning and then returned to find the safety deposit box had been forced open.
▪️ The items stolen were reported to be four luxury watches, said to… pic.twitter.com/kj0TK4sM0R
Just days earlier, Fullkrug had finally begun to feel like a Milan player. Signed on loan with an option to buy on January 2, he debuted the same evening in a 1-0 win over Cagliari, then came off the bench against Genoa before earning his first start against Fiorentina at San Siro.
That match, however, would turn sour.
Toward the end of the 1-1 draw, the 32-year-old fractured a toe - an injury that has already sent him back to the treatment room after just 106 minutes of Serie A football. Initial fears suggested weeks on the sidelines, though Sky Sport Italia later reported the problem may be less severe. The Rossoneri hope he could return against Lecce, but for now, he remains a major doubt.
SERIE A - MATCHDAY 21
Friday
Pisa - Atalanta 1-1 (0-0)
/Durosinmi 87 - Krstovic 83/
Saturday
Udinese - Inter 0-1 (0-1)
/Martinez 20/
Napoli - Sassuolo 1-0 (1-0)
/Lobotka 7/
Cagliari - Juventus 1-0 (0-0)
/Mazzitelli 65/
Sunday
14.30: (2.90) Parma (2.75) Genoa (2.95)
17.00: (2.25) Bologna (3.50) Fiorentina (3.40)
20.00: (3.60) Torino (3.35) Roma (2.20)
22.45: (1.30) Milan (5.80) Lecce (12.0)
Monday
20.30: (2.60) Cremonese (3.10) Verona (2.90)
22.45: (2.75) Lazio (2.95) Como (2.85)
***odds are subject to change***
