Search of Manchester United captain Harry Maguire's home after bomb threat reveals nothing suspicious

A sweep today of Manchester United captain Harry Maguire's home after he received a 'serious' bomb threat found nothing suspicious, police said in an update tonight. As reported by the Manchester Evening News , Maguire received the threat - understood to have been an email - on Wednesday after United's humbling 4-0 loss to Liverpool at Anfield in the Premier League.

Defender Maguire, 29, alerted police and on Thursday, officers were dispatched to his family home in Wilmslow, Cheshire, together with a specialist police explosives dog as a follow-up. Cheshire Police tonight issued an updated statement.

The force said 'no suspicious items' were found in the security sweep, but confirmed an investigation into the bomb threat remained ongoing. No arrests have been made as yet, the force added.

In the updated statement on Thursday night, Cheshire Police said: "On Wednesday 20 April Cheshire Police were called to reports of a bomb threat at an address in the Wilmslow area.

"No evacuations took place but, as a precautionary measure, a police explosives dog attended the address on Thursday 21 April to conduct a search of the gardens and surrounding area. No suspicious items were found during the search. An investigation into the bomb threat remains ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time."

Cheshire Constabulary said the highly-trained dog carried out a search of the gardens and the area immediately surrounding Maguire's property today. It's understood the Red Devils skipper received the bomb threat by email at the family home he shares with his fiancee Fern Hawkins and their two daughters.

That was on Wednesday, police said, after United were beaten by Liverpool on Tuesday evening. Police said officers were called to