A picture of footballers Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane hugging each other is doing rounds on social media. Users are sharing the picture pointing out the jersey of Lionel Messi hung on the wall behind these footballers and are claiming that the Saudi club Al Nasser has put up Messi’s jersey on their wall.
A Facebook user posted the viral post with the following caption:
ইনফ্লুয়েন্স, ইনফ্লুয়েন্স বলে যারা গলা ফাটায়। তাদের দেখানো উচিত যে আল নাসের এর ড্রেসিং রুমেও লিওনেল মেসির জার্সি দেয়ালে টানানো আছে।
যেখানেই যাবা, সেখানেই মেসিকে পাবা।
(English Translation: Influence, Influence is the ones who bite their throat. They should show that Al Nasser’s dressing room also has Lionel Messi’s jersey drawn to the wall.
Wherever you go, you will find Messi. )
You can check the post here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post and found the claims to be misleading.
Running a Reverse Image Search of the viral picture led us to a news report titled: Sadio Mane’s four-word reaction to seeing Jordan Henderson in Saudi Arabia speaks volumes, published on August 8, 2023, in The Mirror. We can see the two footballers hugging each other and according to the report they met at a launch party for the Saudi Pro League.
There was no mention of where the event was held, so we conducted a Google Keyword Search to know more about the event. An article from Arab News stated that the event was held in Jeddah. However, Al-Nasser Club is based out of Riyadh.
Another news article from National News confirms that the duo met at the launch party held in Jeddah and thus, the jersey in the background cannot be from al-Nasser’s wall which is in Riyadh.
Therefore, we can conclusively say that the viral picture, claiming al-Nasser football club has decorated its wall with Lionel Messi’s jersey, is misleading.
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