Neil Warnock launches 'sewer rat' verbal attack on Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf

09 January 2011 13:26
QPR manager Neil Warnock launched an astonishing personal attack on Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf after claiming the Senegal international abused Jamie Mackie while he lay on the pitch with a broken leg.[LNB]Mackie sustained a double fracture in a 50-50 clash with defender Gael Givet which saw both players carried off on stretchers in Rovers' 1-0 FA Cup third round victory at Ewood Park.[LNB] Sad exit: QPR's Jamie Mackie is stretchered off with a broken leg after a 50-50 challenge with Blackburn's Gael Givet[LNB] Warnock alleged Diouf, no stranger to controversy during his career in England, had taunted his injured player despite the seriousness of the injury being apparent.[LNB]'He's broken both bones, his tibia and his fibula, and he's gone to hospital but will travel home with us,' said Warnock.[LNB]'The lads were furious with El-Hadji Diouf; he (Mackie) had broken his leg and he is calling him all sorts on the pitch.[LNB]'There was no need to put the finger up and call him a disgrace and even the Blackburn people were embarrassed.[LNB]Furious: QPR boss Neil Warnock described El-Hadji Diouf as 'the gutter type' [LNB]'I can't abide people like that, I don't know why he wants to take on the world every week.[LNB]'For many years I have thought he (Diouf) was the gutter type - I was going to call him a sewer rat but that might be insulting to sewer rats.[LNB]'I think he is the lowest of the low and I can't see him being at Blackburn much longer because I can't see Steve Kean putting up with someone like that in the dressing room when he is trying to form a new image for Blackburn.[LNB]'I think he will be the first to go and good riddance - I hope he goes abroad because I won't miss watching him. He is a nasty little person.'[LNB]Warnock believes Mackie will be out for the rest of the season but attached no blame to Givet for the challenge.[LNB]And the injury was made worse for Warnock as he had not intended to play the[LNB]25-year-old, admitting he had left playmaker Adel Taarabt out of the squad entirely because he felt he 'might break a leg'.[LNB]'It was not a malicious tackle but it is his standing foot and you can see in the slow motion his leg bends,' added the QPR boss.[LNB]'It is disappointing for everyone and the result pales into insignificance.[LNB]'I'm pulling my hair out because I didn't want to play him but he pleaded with me to play yesterday - that's how he is, he wants to play in everything.[LNB]'We will miss him, it is a massive blow because I can't see him playing [again] this season.[LNB]'I didn't want to play Taarabt because I thought he would break his leg, those were the words I used, ironically.'[LNB] Under attack: Blackburn's El-Hadji Diouf was described as being worse than a 'sewer rat' [LNB] Blackburn boss Kean, speaking before Warnock's outburst, said Givet had been lucky he had not been more seriously injured in the challenge.[LNB]'He has a badly swollen knee so we don't know the extent of that but the doctor is hopeful that will be okay for the Chelsea game (next weekend),' he said.[LNB]'Hopefully the lad (Mackie) is okay and can make a speedy recovery.'[LNB]Rovers missed a host of chances before Junior Hoilett's 76th-minute strike and Kean admitted he was beginning to get worried.[LNB]'We felt as though it could have been one of those games where we got many chances early on and each time you miss it gives the opposition a little bit of confidence,' he said.[LNB]'Fortunately enough Junior Hoilett popped up with a good goal, rounding off a good display.'[LNB]Kean also confirmed the club's ambitious plans to sign two-time World Player of the Year Ronaldinho were over after reports the Brazilian had returned home and was on the verge of sealing a deal with Flamengo.[LNB]'I think that looks like that is dead in the water. It looks like he is going to go back to Brazil," said the Rovers boss.[LNB]'We followed that right through as much as we could but it looked like it was on the back foot, then it came alive and now it is totally finished now from what I've been told.'[LNB] Blackburn 1 QPR 0: Profligate Rovers spared as Hoilett fathoms a winnerBlackburn and Newcastle in fight for Uruguay defender Mauricio VictorinoSamba style! Rovers boss Kean to persuade defender Samba to stayBLACKBURN ROVERS

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