{"id":385028,"date":"2011-04-19T08:46:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T08:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/19\/rangers-el-hadji-diouf-reveals-respect-for-libyan-leader-colonel-gaddafi-i-have-always-admired-him\/"},"modified":"2011-04-19T08:46:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T08:46:00","slug":"rangers-el-hadji-diouf-reveals-respect-for-libyan-leader-colonel-gaddafi-i-have-always-admired-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/rangers-el-hadji-diouf-reveals-respect-for-libyan-leader-colonel-gaddafi-i-have-always-admired-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Rangers&#8217; El-Hadji Diouf reveals respect for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi: I have always admired him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>19 Apr 2011 09:46:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.8503075871\">\n<div readability=\"22.9361702128\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Co-operative Insurance Cup, Celtic v Rangers- El Hadji Diou\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/124e129213_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Co-operative Insurance Cup, Celtic v Rangers- El Hadji Diou<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"30.4534005038\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/scotland\/366\/rangers\">Rangers<\/a>&#8216; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/senegal\/1908\/el-hadji-diouf\">El-Hadji Diouf<\/a> has admitted that he admires Libya&#8217;s Colonel Gaddafi.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Senegal international revealed that he knows the Libyan leader and his son well.<\/p>\n<p>Diouf is no stranger to controversy, recently seeing red in an Old Firm clash and this season coming under fire for taunting Queens Park Rangers&#8217; Jamie Mackie as he lay injured, but his comments about Gaddafi and Libya, currently torn by civil war, will perhaps raise more eyebrows than any of his antics on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gaddafi is a man who I have always admired,&#8221; Diouf is quoted by the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> as saying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am telling the truth. I know him, and I know his son Saif as well. They are my friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do not honestly know what is really happening in Libya at the moment, but it must be very hard for Gaddafi and his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot remain far away from what is happening in Libya. I do not know who is in the right and who is wrong, but it is a shame to see so many victims.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Diouf also urged his team-mate Madjid Bougherra to quit the Scottish club and make a move to the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;Madjid needs a new challenge at the end of the season and he has to go to the Premier League and nowhere else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/124e129213_news1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2932\/spl\/2011\/04\/19\/2448141\/rangers-el-hadji-diouf-reveals-respect-for-libyan-leader-colonel-\" title=\"Rangers' El-Hadji Diouf reveals respect for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi: I have always admired him\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rangers&#8217; El-Hadji Diouf reveals respect for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi: I have always admired him<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 19 Apr 2011 09:46:00 Co-operative Insurance Cup, Celtic v Rangers- El Hadji Diou Related Links Teams Players Rangers &#8216; El-Hadji Diouf has admitted that he admires Libya&#8217;s Colonel Gaddafi. The 30-year-old Senegal international revealed that he knows the Libyan leader and his son well. Diouf is no stranger to controversy, recently seeing red in an Old Firm clash and this season coming under fire for taunting Queens Park Rangers&#8217; Jamie Mackie as he lay injured, but his comments about Gaddafi and Libya, currently torn by civil war, will perhaps raise more eyebrows than any of his antics on the pitch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rangers&#039; El-Hadji Diouf reveals respect for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi: I have always admired him - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/19\/rangers-el-hadji-diouf-reveals-respect-for-libyan-leader-colonel-gaddafi-i-have-always-admired-him\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rangers&#039; El-Hadji Diouf reveals respect for Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi: I have always admired him - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Adithya Ananth 19 Apr 2011 09:46:00 Co-operative Insurance Cup, Celtic v Rangers- El Hadji Diou Related Links Teams Players Rangers &#039; El-Hadji Diouf has admitted that he admires Libya&#039;s Colonel Gaddafi. 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