Gaddafi has a friend in Diouf

FOOTBALLER El Hadji Diouf says he is a “friend” of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi.

The Senegalese striker told Algerian magazine Le Buteur that he had “always admired” Gaddafi.

In an interview, the 30-year-old Rangers player said: “Gaddafi is a man I’ve always admired.

“I’m telling the truth. I know him and I know Seif, his son. They are my friends. But frankly I don’t really know what is happening in Libya, but it must be very hard for Gaddafi and his family.

“I say that, Inch’Allah (Allah willing) victory will go to whoever is right.

“I can’t be far away from what is happening in these countries. I don’t know who is right and who is wrong but it’s a shame to see so many victims.”

Diouf signed for Rangers on loan from Blackburn in January.