Social media posts that circulated recently claimed that Al Nassr’s Uzbek player Jaloliddin Masharipov had his contract terminated because he didn’t want to lose his No. 7 jersey.
In a tweet, a Netizen that goes by the handle @StokkeyG2 said:
This claim however, is not true, the football club has clarified. Masharipov had actually switched to No. 77 before Ronaldo joined Al Nassr.
When news agency AFP reached out to the club for fact-checking, a representative rubbished the claim and confirmed that Masharipov agreed to change his jersey number before Ronaldo’s signing was announced.
In a number of Instagram posts, the Uzbek player even shared photos of him and CR7, highlighting their jersey numbers.