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Former Liverpool star wants to become president of Senegal

El Hadji Diouf wants eyes Senegal Presidency [Photo: Courtesy]

Liverpool star El Hadji Diouf is ready to turn to politics after hanging up his boots with an eye on becoming the president of Senegal.

The Senegalese was a controversial figure in his time in England [Photo: Courtesy]

The controversial forward, who also featured for Sunderland, Blackburn, Bolton and Leeds, was once described as a "sewer rat" by Cardiff manager Neil Warnock.

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