Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, has admitted that he is not sure if Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac, will feature in next week’s Premier League clash with Burnley.
The pair were victims of an attempted armed robbery outside Kolasinac’s house two weeks ago, with the left-back fighting off the attackers while Ozil was chased in his car.
After being given some time off, they played in Arsenal’s final pre-season fixture against Barcelona.
However, Arsenal announced on Friday, that “further security incidents” had taken place that were under investigation by the police, and two arrests have been made outside Ozil’s house.
A statement from the Metropolitan Police said: “Two men have been charged under Section 4a of the Public Order Act following an incident in Camden on Thursday, 8 August.
“Ferhat Ercan, 27, of Highgate, and Salaman Ekinci, 27, of Tottenham, were charged on August 9 following the incident and are due to appear at Highbury Corner magistrates’ court on 6 September.”
As a result, neither player travelled to Newcastle for Arsenal’s 1-0 opening-day win at St. James’ Park.
Speaking after the game, Emery told reporters: “The club is managing that circumstance [the safety of Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac].
“We want to be with them as soon as possible and with normality in training and normality to be ready to play. I don’t know now [if they will play next week].”
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