Lazio defender Modibo Diakitè is in shock after two of his luxury cars were set alight.

On Tuesday night, two of his vehicles were set alight outside the place where he was staying in Cesano, on the outskirts of Rome, while his father-in-law's car was also damaged.

"The lad is obviously very shaken by what happened, not so much for the loss of the cars as the incident which was unpredictable and unthinkable," agent Ulisse Savini told TMW.

"He immediately realised what was happening when he saw the flames from the window.

"I don't want to think that the contract dispute could have anything to do with this. It must've been the actions of a crazy arsonist."