Source: Liverpool_Echo
Former Liverpool FC player El Hadji Diouf in new Everton FC racist row
FORMER Liverpool player El Hadji Diouf was at the centre of fresh controversy after an Everton ball boy alleged the Blackburn Rovers winger made racist comments towards him during a match at Goodison.
Diouf was questioned by Merseyside Police following yesterday’s Premier League game and is almost certain to be interviewed again this week.
“Merseyside Police is investigating an allegation of a 28-year-old man using racist language at the Everton match today (Sunday) at Goodison Park,” said a Merseyside Police spokesperson. “Enquiries are under way.”
The alleged incident came when Diouf was involved in a dispute with the ball boy during the first half of Blackburn’s 3-0 defeat.
The Senegalese international went to take a throw-in only for the youngster, who was positioned at the Gwladys Street End of the ground, to retrieve the ball and roll it away from the player.
The player is believed to have complained that the ball was not thrown back into play quickly enough. Television pictures suggested words were then exchanged between the pair before home supporters reacted angrily to Diouf, who is alleged to have told the ball boy to “**** off, white boy”.
