Diarra Sanggah Rumor Jihad ke Suriah
Diarra Denies Rumours He Has Become a Jihadist in the Syria War
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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LASSANA Diarra, mantan pemain Arsenal, Chelsea, dan Portsmouth yang saat ini berseragam Lokomotiv Moscow membantah kabar yang beredar di media sosial bahwa ia akan berjihad dalam perang Suriah.
Sempat dikabarkan Minggu ini Diarra akan mengunjungi perang Suriah yang sudah memasuki tahun keempat dan memakan korban jiwa lebih dari 150 ribu orang, kata Observatorium Suriah untuk hak asasi manusia.
"Gelandang Lokomotiv Moscow menyangkal secara resmi formal dan mutlak bahwa dia telah pergi ke Suriah," kata Eric Dupond Moretti selaku pengacara Diarra.
"Dia tidak pernah menginjakkan kaki di Suriah. Hal ini masuk akal. Dia tidak jihad, dia adalah seorang pemain sepakbola bersama Lokomotiv Moscow," tambah pengacara tersebut seperti dilansir Telegraph (9/4).
Pengacara mengatakan Diarra (29) justru diharapkan bisa bertanding di Liga Rusia bersama Lokomotiv akhir pekan ini.
Diarra merupakan anggota skuad Real Madrid ketika yang memenangi gelar La Liga Spanyol tahun 2012 dan terakhir memperkuat timnas Perancis di tahun 2010.
FORMER Premier League player Lassana Diarra has denied rumours on social media websites that he had become a jihadist in the Syria war.
The Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder "denies in the most formal, the most categoric, the most absolute fashion that he has gone to Syria," said Diarra's lawyer Eric Dupond Moretti.
"He has never set foot in Syria. It's absurd. He is not a jihadist, he is a footballer with Lokomotiv Moscow," the lawyer added.
It was rumoured this week that Diarra, who used to play for Chelsea, Arsenal and Portsmouth, had gone to Syria where the war is now into a fourth year and has cost the lives of over 150,000 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The lawyer said Diarra, 29, is expected to take part in Lokomotiv's league game on Sunday.
Diarra, who was a member of the Real Madrid squad that won the Spanish league title in 2012, last played for France in 2010.
