Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince yesterday revealed that the club plans to improve security at their players' homes following a raid at Roque Santa Cruz's house in Cheshire on Saturday.

The striker's wife, Giselle, and his two young children were confronted with knives during the incident.

"Roque is shook up, obviously," Ince said. "He drove back on Saturday night and came back to Portsmouth on the Sunday, so it was hard for him. It is scary and it puts football into perspective. It has also happened to Zurab [Khizanishvili] and a few Liverpool players who live in that area so it is something we need to look into. I will sit down with the chairman and we may start using security firms to look over the houses when players are away."