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Piers Morgan leads Arsenal fans calling for Kolasinac to be made captain after brave defender saved team-mate Ozil from armed attackers with just his bare hands


UNAI EMERY is being urged to hand Sead Kolasinac the captain’s armband at Arsenal after heroically fending off knife-wielding moped thugs.

Celebrity fan Piers Morgan led the calls for Kolasinac, 26, to be promoted after the dramatic footage emerged on Thursday night.

 Sead Kolasinac fended off knife-wielding moped thugs in North London on Thursday

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Sead Kolasinac fended off knife-wielding moped thugs in North London on Thursday
 Arsenal fans - including Piers Morgan - have called for the defender to be made captain after the act of bravery

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Arsenal fans – including Piers Morgan – have called for the defender to be made captain after the act of bravery

German World Cup winner Ozil, 30, was seen racing through North London in his Mercedes G-Class SUV as masked carjackers gave chase.

Kolasinac – nicknamed The Tank – leapt from the  £100,000 motor and fought off the armed attackers with his bare hands.

GMB presenter Morgan wrote on Twitter: “On the basis of how he saved Ozil from knife-wielding thugs today, I would make Kolasinac captain of Arsenal with immediate effect.”

CCTV footage showed the bandits brandishing weapons as they tried to steal a watch and gain access to Ozil’s car while parked outside Kolasinac’s house.

And after Kolasinac leapt back in the vehicle, the moped muggers began a high-speed chase down a busy Golders Green Road at around 5pm.

A “terrified” Ozil and his wife Amine abandoned the gold-trimmed SUV and fled on foot.

They took refuge in their favourite Turkish restaurant – which they called during their ordeal on Thursday afternoon.

Staff immediately rushed to the £350,000-a-week star’s aid, piling out onto the street to help chase away the would-be carjackers.

Police rushed to the scene and cops were later spotted questioning the Gunners forward.

 Childhood pals Ozil with wife Amine (far left) at Kolasinac's wedding to Bella last month

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Childhood pals Ozil with wife Amine (far left) at Kolasinac’s wedding to Bella last monthCredit: Instagram/ m10_officia
 GMB presenter Piers Morgan lauded the brave efforts of Gunners defender Kolasinac

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GMB presenter Piers Morgan lauded the brave efforts of Gunners defender KolasinacCredit: Getty – Contributor
 Police question Mesut Ozil at the Turkish restaurant where he sought refuge

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Police question Mesut Ozil at the Turkish restaurant where he sought refuge

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: “It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car.

“The driver, along with his passenger, managed to get away unharmed and travelled to a restaurant in Golders Green, where they were spoken to by officers.”

There have been no arrests and detectives are investigating the brazen attack, Scotland Yard said.

Ozil and Kolasinac have been friends since they were teenagers when they played together at German side Schalke 04 and they have grown closer since since the Bosnian under his wing at Arsenal in 2017.

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