Blackburn star makes up bizarre excuse for bad behaviour

Blackburn’s El Hadji Diouf gave the world yet another example of his sparkling personality at the weekend, when he was overheard by home fans at Goodison Park shouting “F**k off white boy” at an errant ball-boy.

Keen to stress that he would never impart offensive comments at a stranger, the Senegalese star has vehemently denied the incident:

“I didn’t even speak to him. I just told the assistant ref that the ball-boy should respect the players.

“For a kid to say things like that is unacceptable.