Premier League membership Arsenal held “an enormous dialogue round gangs in London” following the tried car-jacking involving Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac earlier this 12 months, former captain Per Mertesacker has revealed.
Ozil and Kolasinac have been focused by knife-wielding thugs on a moped in July because the pair drove via central London in Ozil’s Mercedes.
Within the terrifying incident, Bosnian defender Kolasinac was seen combating off the attackers along with his naked arms earlier than the teammates sped off to take sanctuary in a close-by Turkish restaurant.
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Former Arsenal captain Mertesacker, now the pinnacle of the membership’s academy, has revealed that following the incident the membership addressed the difficulty of the gang menace with gamers.
“There was an enormous dialogue round gangs in London and the safety issues,” Mertesacker instructed The Related Press.
“The foremost a part of what automobile you drive, what you put on by way of your jewellery. So you might want to be risk-aware in these days that something can occur at any time. And these are examples you are attempting to keep away from.”
After the incident involving former German worldwide Ozil and teammate Kolasinac, each have been compelled to overlook a number of video games as fears remained for his or her security.
Two males have been later charged in a separate incident involving the pair, amid experiences that the gamers had develop into caught up in a gang conflict.
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Each have since returned to the Arsenal match-day squad, though Ozil has but to make an look this season.
“As soon as these items occur it’s an eye-opener to the place the world is by way of poverty round London and the way can we guarantee that it isn’t going to occur once more,” Mertesacker added, as he promoted his autobiography, ‘Huge Pleasant German’.
“When these items occur, the extra fences, the extra safety guys and the extra gates will finally occur, that will be very, very unhappy.”
Subsequent up for Arsenal are Watford away within the Premier League on Sunday.
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