“It’s shameful… I am ready to come back [to the team] if needed.” Those were the words of El Hadji Diouf following the sacking of Amara Traoré yesterday. The ex-Senegal international reacted to the sacking of Amara Traoré, stating that it was “shameful” that Amara Traoré did not step down of his own & had to be deposed instead.
Diouf has never held his tongue regarding his dislike of his former national team teammate, often – and vocally – calling into questions his competency not only as a tactician but also as a coach of Amara Traoré. “What diplomas does Amara have,” Diouf would often repeat, thus suggesting the complete lack of qualification Amara Traoré boasted of for the job.
But it is the declarations by Diouf, on Radio Futur Media (RFM), of a possible shock return to the national fold that have everyone talking today in Dakar. Diouf is currently playing at Doncaster Rovers, which [according to him] is good enough proof that he can immediately return to the national team if called upon: “I am still a footballer week-in & week-out. Here I play in the Championship, which is at a higher level than the French Ligue 1, and I play 90 minutes […] so why not return to my country, which has given me so much, to give something back as I have always done.” Diouf also stated that current Senegal defender, Jacques Faty, had phoned to ask him to return into the national team fold and that “everything you [El Hadji Diouf] have said in the newspapers is true,” referring here to the spirit that was so starkly missing during AFCON 2012. Diouf concludes by saying that Faty went on to add “we [the team] are missing a leader, a real leader on & off the pitch."
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