Former Liverpool star El Hadji Diouf has revealed that he wished he joined Manchester United over Liverpool back in 2002.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool is currently doing extremely well in the Premier League and are arguably the only title rivals for last season’s runaway champions Manchester City. City’s Pep Guardiola smashed plenty of records when his side set England’s top division on fire and comprehensively won the title last season but Liverpool is close behind the Blue half of Manchester as of now.
However, there is some bad air around the Merseyside club at the moment as former Senegal striker El Hadji Diouf revealed that he would have rather played for Manchester United than Liverpool when he signed with the Anfield giants back in 2002.
After having a successful World Cup with Senegal back in the summer of 2002, Diouf was snapped up by Liverpool for £10 million but failed to show any of the glimpses of brilliance at the grand tournament in South Korea and Japan.
The 37-year-old scored just three goals in over two seasons with Liverpool and was sent out to Bolton Wanderers on a permanent deal after a season-long loan. But Diouf has been known to take a dig at Liverpool and has continuously been bitter and vocal about some former players at the club and recently added something more interesting.
In a recent interview with French outlet RMC, the ex-Liverpool man stated that he had offers from other giant clubs in Europe and regretted a move to Anfield, “I can say today that the shirt that I regret wearing the most was Liverpool’s, because if I were to do that part of my career again, I would have gone to FC Barcelona or Manchester United. At the time, they wanted me too,”
Diouf was more renowned for his controversial antics on the pitch and unprofessionalism rather than his goalscoring at Liverpool. These comments are extremely disrespectful for the club as a whole who offered Diouf a platform to showcase his talents, especially when compared with a rival European club.
