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Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Robbery of Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, Sead Kolasinac

Ashley Smith has pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac.

Per Sky News, the 30-year-old admitted via video link at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday that he tried to steal the pair's watches and will now be sentenced on November 1.

As noted in the report, Ozil and Kolasinac were followed through Hampstead in north London on July 25. When the former's car stopped, Smith and another man sought to smash the windows using a brick and stones.

CCTV footage later emerged of Kolasinac trying to confront the robbers:

Sead Kolašinac

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