The father of Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny was left shocked when he discovered a dead body in the midfielder’s Egypt house.

Elneny’s father Nasser came across the body of a man when he visited the villa in Mahalla al-Kubra, according to the BBC.

Police said the man was attempting to steal electrical cables in the property, before being electrocuted.

Elneny’s family had recently given the house to a charity that would be using it as office space.

The 27-year-old was reportedly informed about what had happened over the phone.

The story follows an attempted carjacking of Elneny’s Gunners teammates Sead Kolasinac and Mesut Ozil by an armed gang in London last week.