El-Hadji Diouf reveals admiration for Gaddafi

El-Hadji Diouf: Admires Gaddaffi

Rangers star El-Hadji Diouf has told an Algerian magazine of his admiration for his "friend" Colonel Gaddafi.
And the controversial 30-year-old admitted that he feels sympathy for the murdering tyrant - because Libya's bloody civil war "must be very hard" for him.
Diouf said: "Gaddafi is a man I have always admired. I am telling the truth.
"I know him, and I know his son Saif as well. They are my friends.
"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.
"By the will of Allah, victory will go to the side that is in the right."

Diouf spoke as Gaddafi's forces continued to kill their own citizens by bombarding the besieged city of Misrata.
Senegalese Diouf is a major figure in African football and is believed to have encountered the Gaddafi clan several times over the years.
The Gaddafis' interest in the game is well-known.
Saif Gaddafi, the regime's chief defender since the revolution began, controlled a massive Libyan investment fund that bought shares in Italian giants Juventus.
And another of Gaddafi's sons, Saadi, had a brief but highly-publicised spell in Serie A with Perugia, joining the club in 2003.