Arsenal stars Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were attacked by knife-wielding moped thugs in a suspected robbery attempt.

Ozil was driving Kolasinac through leafy Childs Hill, northwest London, in a black Mercedes G-Class when they were ambushed by two men on Thursday.

The two players were chased for a mile by the knife-wielding motorbike riders in an attempted daylight car-jacking, the Mail Online.

But as the thugs surrounded the 4×4, Ozil’s Arsenal teammate and childhood friend, Sead ‘The Tank’ Kolasinac, leapt out and bravely took them on.

CCTV footage from the scene shows Kolasinac swinging punches at the attackers and standing his ground against them despite being threatened with a knife. The attackers’ motorbike pulls away as the footage cuts.

But rather than that being the end of the drama, the players were then chased through the mansion-lined streets of north London in Ozil’s 4×4 in a high-speed chase that lasted for more than a mile.

Ozil drove to a Turkish restaurant on Golders Green Road, where staff helped them chase away the robbers.

An Arsenal spokesman confirmed that the players had been involved in a car-jacking incident, and said that both of them “are fine”.

The Metropolitan Police have also confirmed the incident.

Cesc Fabregas has been banned from driving for six months for speeding at 68mph (109km/h) in a 40mph (64km/h) zone, according to BBC Sport.

The midfielder moved to Monaco from Chelsea in January after winning two Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a League Cup in 501 appearances in English football with the Blues and Arsenal – with a spell at Barcelona in between.

The Spain international was caught by a police speed detection device in south-west London on 4 December.

But Fabregas, who now plays for French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco, later told officers “I wasn’t going that fast”, Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard.

The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to speeding and was also fined £750.

Fabregas, who already had six points on his licence, was banned after the offence added a further six points to it.

Prosecutor Luke Bowyer told the court that on 4 December last year Fabregas was clocked speeding in a grey Land Rover on a section of the A3 near Wandsworth, south-west London.

Representing Fabregas, Natalie Bird said he “would like to offer his sincere apology and remorse” for the offence, which was the result of a “momentary lapse of concentration”.

Sentencing, district judge Andrew Sweet said he took into account Fabregas’ guilty plea but said the section of the road could get “extremely busy”.

Fabregas, who did not attend Thursday’s hearing because of “work commitments in Monaco”, was also ordered to pay £135 in costs and a £75 victim surcharge.

Newcastle United new manager Steve Bruce is set to sign Chelsea academy youngster Kyle Scott for the Premier League club on permanent basis.

He made his first appearances for the senior side against Inter Milan and Arsenal during the club’s pre-season tour to China and Singapore in 2017.

And Antonio Conte handed Scott his first-team debut during the 2017-18 campaign, introducing him from the bench in a 4-0 FA Cup win over Hull City.

Maurizio Sarri wasn’t as impressed by the midfielder as Conte was and he was loaned out to Dutch club Telstar for the first half of last season, scoring twice in the Dutch second division.

Scott returned to Chelsea at the start of 2019 to run down his contract and will now become Steve Bruce’s second signing at Newcastle after £40m Brazilian Joelinton.

According to the Daily Mail, the 21-year-old midfielder, who was released by the Stamford Bridge club at the start of this month, is expected to sign a two-year deal at St James’ Park on Thursday.

Scott joined Chelsea’s academy from Southampton at under-10 level and worked his way through the youth ranks.