Followers of footballer Mohamed Elneny have accused his membership, UK’s Arsenal, of terminating his contract over his assist for Palestine, Rai Al-Youm reported on Friday.
The information outlet claims that the acknowledged cause for the termination of Elneny’s contract was that his staff’s coach, Mikel Arteta, not needed him on the staff.
Nevertheless, the information outlet reported followers stating on social media that Elneny is paying the value for his candid assist for Palestine, and a few of them linked it to the UK government’s blacklisting of Hamas.
Elneny’s agent, Alaa Nazmi, mentioned that Arsenal didn’t comply with renew Elneny’s contract following his place on a “world concern”, noting that the membership has the precise to take action.
His followers harassed that the “world concern” was his assist for Palestine, as Elneny has expressed his sympathy and assist for the Palestinians to be deported from their houses in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah.
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One among his followers retweeted an previous tweet of Elneny’s, through which he posted: “My coronary heart, my spirit, and my assist for Palestine!”
Rai Al-Youm disclosed that this angered Jewish organisation within the UK, the Board of Deputies, whereas its member Tal Ofer tweeted that Arsenal had disowned Mesut Ozil over his tweet about Uighur Muslims.
Ofer additionally indicated that he despatched a letter to Arsenal’s administrative director asking in regards to the membership’s place relating to Elneny’s tweet.
Arsenal responded: “All gamers have the precise to precise their opinions on their social platforms. We’ll converse with Elneny who understands very nicely what he has posted on Twitter.”
To which Ofer replied: “If Elneny is aware of very nicely what he has posted on Twitter, why has not he apologised?”
