The brothers of two Premier League and England football stars have been beaten up and robbed at gun point, MailOnline can reveal.

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford's brother Dane and Tyler Alexander-Arnold, whose sibling is Liverpool defender Trent, were attacked as they ate breakfast in a Caribbean restaurant yesterday.

The friends, who were left bruised and bloodied, were rushed to the city's Royal Infirmary Hospital after the brutal beating at Manchester's Moss Side by the gun-toting gang.

Tonight the restaurant's owner said he and the staff there were 'traumatised' by what had happened.

Manchester United star Marcus Rashford, right, with his brother Dane, left, who was attacked at a Caribbean restaurant yesterday

Tyler Alexander-Arnold, left, the brother of Liverpool defender Trent , right, allegedly had his wallet and Range Rover taken

The Little Rock restaurant in Manchester, pictured on Sunday night, where the two brothers of Premier League football stars were attacked

Police sources told MailOnline that Dane, 26, who manages the Manchester United forward, was robbed of a watch and Tyler Arnold-Alexander's wallet and Range Rover was taken after the thugs demanded the keys.

A third unnamed friend of the pair was also attacked and injured after being robbed, a police source said.

Police have been told the brutal gang brandished a shotgun, machete and baseball bat and attacked them shortly after they had stopped at the restaurant. A white BMW 3 series was also used by the raiders.

Tonight restaurant owner Samuel Francis said the staff were left 'shocked, very shaken and saddened'.

He said: 'I can't say too much because the police are dealing with it. I wasn't there at the time but I understand the lads were eating when it happened.

'They're regular guests and I think they were targeted deliberately. People have probably spotted their cars here before.

'We're all traumatised by this. I know the lads and we talk about football. I have a bit of banter with Tyler as his brother plays for Liverpool and I'm a United fan!

'It's my day off and I'm trying to spend some family time but it's difficult and troubling when all this is going off. I just hope the lads are OK, my heart goes out to them.'

The trio were on their way to the south coast to see Liverpool's evening match with Brighton when they decided to stop at the Little Rock restaurant in Princess Road, Manchester.

Officers are investigating the possibility that the gang may have followed the luxury cars through Moss Side and pounced when the three unsuspecting victims stopped at the restaurant.

The robbers burst into the restaurant at around 10.30am on Saturday and made off with the two cars and stolen wallets, watches and other items.

The Range Rover was later found by police at Bowland Drive in Fallowfield.

Marcus Rashford, left, scores the winning goal for Manchester United against Tottenham at Wembley on Sunday, a day after his brother was attacked

Dane's girlfriend is Instagram model Lauryn Goodman (pictured) who travelled with him around Russia last summer to see Marcus represent England

A source said: 'Thankfully they are all going to be OK. They were terrified as the men had a gun. It was a shocking incident.

'They had only stopped at the last minute for some food. You would expect something like this to happen in the dead of night and not at such an early time of the day.'

Local resident and grandmother Dawn Bland, who lives a few doors away from where the ferocious attack happened, said: 'This is terrible.

'We had no inkling of what was going on till loads of police arrived at about 10.30am yesterday. They were swarming the place.

'Then later on we heard that the brothers of two top footballers were beaten up. It's shocking.

'The place is a bit rough, it's Moss Side, but we still don't expect something so awful to happen on our doorstep. It's nearly bang outside my house and we've got young kids here.'

Dane Rashford manages Manchester United's 21-year-old star striker Marcus Rashford along with a third brother Dwane.

Dane's girlfriend is Instagram model Lauryn Goodman who travelled with him around Russia last summer to see Marcus represent England.

Marcus Rashford (pictured right) with brother Dane, who was eating breakfast with friend Tyler Alexander-Arnold in Manchester

The trio were on their way to the south coast to see Liverpool's match with Brighton when they decided to stop at the Little Rock restaurant in Princess Road, Manchester (pictured tonight)

Lauren, 27, whose sister Chloe is a star of TV show Ex on the Beach, posted a cryptic message to her 55,000 followers on Instagram last night which said: 'Today was a reality check, the world can be so cruel' along with a heart and tearful emoji.

The message added: 'Be grateful for every second of every day that you get to spend with the people you love. Life is so very precious.'

Tyler Alexander-Arnold manages the business interests of Trent, the England World Cup star who plays for Liverpool.

Both players were informed of the robbery and as to why their brothers were not at last night's match and missed Manchester United's match with Tottenham at Wembley this afternoon.

Marcus Rashford scored the winning goal against Spurs to continue his side's winning run since Jose Mourinho was sacked.

Moss side has one of the biggest crime figures for Greater Manchester with latest statistics showing that more than a quarter of crimes committed were of a violent to sexual nature.

Police arrested six people for questioning in connection with the robbery of the football agents.

They were aged 18, 19, 23 and 58.

Two 17-year-olds were also held on suspicion of robbery.

Superintendent Mark Dexter of Greater Manchester police said: 'Thankfully no one was seriously injured but the victims have been left understandably shaken following this incident.

'It is thanks to the swift action of our officers that we now have six men in custody but this investigation is still very much ongoing and officers will be in the area today continuing with inquiries.

'We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw what happened or anyone with dashcam footage of the BMW or Range Rover around the time of the incident.'

Detective Inspector Andy Buckthorpe, of Greater Manchester Police, said: 'This has been a swift investigation and we continue to question four men and two teenagers in connection with this terrifying robbery which happened in broad daylight.

'Thankfully no one was seriously injured. The situation could have been a lot worse.

'We have recovered two guns from a scene close by to where one of the cars was recovered. While we have not yet confirmed that these guns are connected to this robbery, we have still taken two extremely dangerous weapons off of the streets of Manchester which we are very happy about.

'Our inquiries into the robbery are ongoing and we are continuing our appeal to hear from anyone who has any information that could help our investigation.'