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Soccer News of Thursday, 23 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

'Tell him I'll f*ck his mother!' - Diouf's explosive fight with Gerrard revealed

El Hadji Diouf and Steven Gerard El Hadji Diouf and Steven Gerard

*'Tell him I'll f*ck his mother!' - Diouf's explosive fight with Gerrard revealed*

Details of the war of words between El Hadji Diouf and Steven Gerard in the English Premier League has been revealed by former Liverpool player Sinama Pongolle.

According to him, Diouf's English was so bad that he had to tell former manager Gerard Houllier to translate his expletives.

Diouf who had little love for Gerrard on his arrival at Anfield from Lens, had admitted in the past that he showed the Anfield icon “he was nothing”. He also stated that Gerard wouldn't look in his eyes “because he was afraid”.

Sinama Pongolle who had a better view of the heated spat between them gave an account of what happened on the day.

“[It was] half-time of a pre-season game... fight between Diouf and Gerrard. I was traumatised,” the 35-year-old said during an Instagram live session. “Can you imagine the young ones seeing this and thinking that's what professionals are like at that level?

“At half-time, in the dressing room, Stevie G is all like, 'you have to pass, you have to pass' – and [Diouf] just loses it. He didn't speak English, his English was rubbish, so you know what he did? They hated each other so much...

“Steven Gerrard arrives and he insults Diouf: 'Hey, you f*cker'. And Diouf couldn't answer, so he grabs Gerard Houllier and says: 'Tell him I'll f*ck his mother!'. He came in and said: 'I'm not his mate, I'll do him in straight away'.”

The negative press didn't prevent Diouf from being named African Player of the year on two occasions. The Senegalese who retired in 2015 went on to play for Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers, Rangers and Leeds United.