Diouf Tells Irate Senegalese Fans To Cool It
December 3, 2019
4:57 pm
While fans in Africa reacted with indignation after Sadio Mane finished fourth in the Ballon d’Or voting, another striker who played for Senegal and Liverpool, took a slightly more balanced view.
Mane, who won the Champions League, finished behind Argentine winner Lionel Messi of Barcelona, Dutch team-mate Virgil van Dijk and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Many fans in Senegal were quick to blame racial prejudice. Journalists blamed African voters.
“We can’t talk about racism, but only about favouritism,” said El-Hadji Diouf, who played 55 games in three seasons at Anfield and won 70 international caps, told AFP.
Diouf agreed, however, …
