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Former Liverpool striker Diouf ready to become Senegal president

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Retired football bad boy El Hadji Diouf is turning his hand to politics... and could run for the Senegal presidency.

Once described as a "sewer rat" by Cardiff boss Neil Warnock, the former striker played in England for the likes of Liverpool, Sunderland, Blackburn, Bolton and Leeds.

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