Southampton Football Club players Bradley Wright-Phillips, 23, and Nathan Dyer, 20, were taken in for questioning over the allegation of burglaries at the Bar Bluu nightclub in Southsea, Hants.

Hampshire police launched an investigation after two men were filmed on CCTV entering an unlocked staff room in the early hours of February 28.

Staff at the venue, which that night hosted R&B star Kano, later reported three mobile phones, £145 in cash, student cards and cigarettes stolen from three handbags.

A spokesman for Hampshire police said: "We can confirm that two men, aged 20 and 23, have been arrested in connection with an allegation of burglary."

A Southampton Football Club spokesman said: "It's a matter of police investigation and we cannot comment."