England star Ivan Toney fumes ‘this is why I hate London’ after his car is broken into

An England star has made his displeasure at the capital all too clear after his car was broken into.

Striker Ivan Toney is back in London during his summer break, playing for Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli.

But it seems he had less than a warm welcome after returning to his parked car to find it had been broken into.

Ivan shared a picture of his black car on Instagram, which had its front and rear windows shattered by thieves.

Alongside the picture was a simple message: ‘This is why I hate London.’

During his return to the capital, Ivan was pictured with fellow footballers Noni Madueke and Jadon Sancho at Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park.

It’s not known whether thieves managed to steal anything from the car.

Ivan joined Al-Ahli from Brentford last year in a deal worth £40million, and he’s scored 30 goals in his debut season with them.

Despite his damaged car causing some inconvenience, it’s still up in the air whether he’ll return to London and retain his place in the England squad in September.

Ivan was called in to play in England’s matches against Andorra and Senegal in June, but he stayed on the bench during the 1-0 win over Andorra, and only played for a few minutes in the 3-1 defeat to Senegal.

England’s next match will be held at Wembley Stadium and the team will take on Andorra again.

In September, England will play Serbia, and in October, they will play Wales and Latvia.

It’s not known whereabouts in London Ivan’s car was parked when it was broken into, but as our interactive map shows, some boroughs are far worse than others when it comes to crime rates.

More than 950,000 crimes were reported in the capital last year, and former Metropolitan Police officers claim criminals ‘know they can get away with it’.

Another crime on the rise in London is phone thefts, with dozens of devices taken every day, and boys as young as 14 are being groomed into joining gangs as part of bloody postcode wars.

And passengers aren’t even safe on their daily commute with more than 31,000 offences taking place on the London transport network between January and August last year.

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