Bradley Wright-Phillips and fellow Southampton player Nathan Dyer are accused of stealing mobile phones and cash.

Striker Wright-Phillips, 23, is the half-brother of Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips and their father, Arsenal goal-scoring hero Ian, 44, is to present the new series of Gladiators.

Wright-Phillips and Dyer, 20, are accused of a raid at the Bar Bluu club in Southsea, Portsmouth, on a night when rapper Kano was playing there on February 28.

They are alleged to have entered a staff room in the early hours and stolen three mobile phones, £145 cash, student cards and cigarettes from three handbags. They were arrested and questioned by detectives on March 25.

CCTV allegedly showing two men entering the unlocked staff room has been given to police.

Wright-Phillips and Dyer attended Portsmouth central police station yesterday and were charged and bailed to appear before the city’s magistrates next month.

Southampton, who were nearly relegated from the Championship last season, declined to comment before the case comes to court.

The club dropped both players from the squad for one match as a penalty for “late night socialising” at Bar Bluu on the night of the alleged thefts.