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Al Nassr FC of Saudi Arabia president Musalli Ai Muammar has debunked rumours making the rounds about the termination of Uzbekistan’s Jaloliddin Masharipov’s contract because he refused to to give his number seven jersey up for Cristiano Ronaldo.
The rumor surfaced on social media about the former number 7 of Al-Nassr following the signing of Ronaldo. The rumor said that Al-Nassr has terminated the contract of the former number 7 Jaloliddin Masharipov because he refused to give his number up for the Portuguese.
The rumor, however, isn’t true at all. The club allotted Jaloliddin Masharipov a new number before Ronaldo’s signing.
In mid-December, The 29-year-old Uzbekistan international got 77 as his new number. When the club president Musalli Ai Muammar was asked about the incident he said, “People always like to talk about everything even when it comes to a player’s number on a training ground,” to SSC Sports.
Muammar further added, “I asked the management about the incident, and their response was that he was on his way to Al Ahly in the summer and his shirt number [No.7] was reserved for another player. But the deal did not take place in the end so he occupied a new number instead,” in the context of the Uzbek’s change of number
Masharipov’s contract termination was nothing but a rumor and he is happily wearing the number 77 for the Saudi Arabian giants.