Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof has been offered a dinner date by the lady he sought to assist after she was robbed.

It comes as police thanked the quick-thinking defender, 26, who chased and caught a thief who robbed the woman in her 90s.

The crime took place in Lindelof's home city of Vasteras, which is located to the west of Stockholm.

According to a statement from the local cops, a man in his thirties riding a bike snatched a bag belonging to a woman in her nineties yesterday morning.

Without naming Lindelof directly, it read: “A man who was in the vicinity is said to have run after the suspected perpetrator, caught up with him and held him until the police arrived at the scene.

“The police want to take the opportunity and thank the witness for a quick and wise intervention."

And Aftonbladet says that the woman who was the victim wants to buy the centre-half lunch as a thank you.