Arsenal star David Raya trained by banned XL Bully as bodyguard after series of violent hacks against footballers

PREMIER League goalkeeper David Raya has banned dog XL Bully to guard him, The Sun reports.

Arsenal ace, 28 years old, vowed to keep a pet Goku after a series of horrific raids on the homes of football stars.

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The breed was outlawed after several attacks, but Raya has a release certificate.

Last night the pundit said: “He is a responsible owner.”

Raya and a model girlfriend Tatiana Trubul They are said to love backyards, even though the new laws forbid them XL Bullys after a series of attacks.

Goku lives in a protected cage in the couple's multimillion-dollar home in North London.

Spaniard Paradise shared pictures of him cuddling with the flamboyant beast on the couch.

They also saw how 27-year-old Tatsiana took him for walks.

Paradise, which is currently rented in gunners from Brentfordwants a dog to guard their property after his co-stars suffered a series of violent break-ins.

He hired experts from Elite Protection Dogs to train Goku.

A spokesman for the firm said: “David Rye has one bully XL. His name is Goku, he is one year old. David had him with a puppy.

“Everyone at XL Bullys is worried. But David is a responsible owner, he wants to be responsible with him.

“We are training Goku on a long term contract.”

Elite Protection Dogs has 35 years experience in dog training, with fees of up to £20,000.

In 2022 Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez received a Belgian Malinois from the firm in the same month he won the prize World Cup winner's medal p Argentina.

The new laws were passed in the past two months following a rise in attacks by XL Bullys, including those previously considered “soft and gentle”.

On December 31, bully XL was banned from appearing in public without a blindfold and muzzle.

It is also an offense to sell, breed, give away or abandon dogs.

And this month it became illegal in the UK to own an XL Bully without an exemption certificate, which Raya has.

Dogs must be chipped, neutered and kept in a safe place. Owners must also have third party liability insurance.

meanwhile, a dog shelters have seen a significant increase in the number of XL Bullies surrendered or abandoned.

They were fatally attacked

The first reported attack on a human was in Liverpool in 2017, when a child was seriously mauled by four dogs.

their master Andrew McGowanwas subsequently imprisoned.

A decade in 2021 Jack Fox was killed by bully XL in Caerphilly, South Waleswhile visiting a friend, after which two were imprisoned.

In a month Adam Watts was killed by bully XL at his kennel in Kirkton of Otterhouse, Scotland.

Eight more people were killed by dogs in 2022 and 2023, including a 54-year-old father of one Ian Langleynearby Sunderlandin October last year.

This is Grandma's month Esther Martin, 68, was the latest person to be fatally attacked by the breed – just days after the ban came into effect.

She was killed by two XL Bullies that belonged to her son-in-law Ashley Warren, 39, who asked to ban the breed.

Warren, from Jaywick, Essex, said: “If my dogs did this to her, when I've never seen anything but love from them, then this breed is just a killer.

“I honestly thought the ban was a stupid plan by the government to destroy a breed that I had never seen anything but gentleness and love in. Now I think they should be destroyed.”

The breed is said to have been responsible for 20 percent of dog attacks in 2023.

The Sun has approached Raya and Arsenal for comment.

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Prime protection

SEVERAL PREM stars have bought protection dogs after a series of horrific burglaries.

Man City ace Jack Grealish posed with a £25,000 Belgian Malinois this month after raiders broke into his home while his family were there.

He got the dog from Chaperone K9, popular among football players.

Grealish's teammate for “City” and the England team Kyle Walker bought a Doberman from the firm for 40,000 pounds.

Most of the dogs they offer are German Shepherds or Belgian Malinois, each undergoing a rigorous 12-month training program so that the dogs can recognize threats including theft, assault and robbery.

Other current and former premiership stars who use the firm include Marcus Rashford, Mark Noble, Phil Jones, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jesse Lingard.

Similar firms such as Elite Protection have also sold pets to protect stars such as former Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.