El Hadji Diouf brands Neil Lennon “a d**khead” and Jamie Carragher “useless”

Controversy? El Hadji Diouf? Shock horror.

The former Liverpool, Bolton and Blackburn striker earned very few fans during his time in English football for a bevy of controversies including spitting at opposition supporters, abusing ball-boys and taunting injured players. And Diouf, who is now plying his trade for Sabah United FC in the Malaysia Premier League, has somehow become even less likeable with a foul-mouthed rant directed at his former teammates and rivals. Speaking to French magazine So Foot, Diouf tore shreds out of both Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher, with whom played at Anfield.

"Steven Gerrard is a great club player but an egotist," Diouf said. "He didn’t care about Liverpool winning – all that mattered for him was getting on the scoresheet. “The person I would least want to spend Christmas with is Jamie Carragher. I hate him. “He was the biggest turkey I’ve seen on a pitch. I found him useless.”

Diouf reserved his most scathing comments for former Celtic captain Neil Lennon

“I didn’t know Neil Lennon but saw his face and have always hated him," Diouf said. "He was at Celtic and I was at Rangers and the two clubs were at war with each other. "He is a dickhead and I’ve never liked him. “At the end of the Liverpool-Celtic game in the UEFA Cup he asked me for my shirt but I never gave it to him. I would still not give him it today."

Lovely fella, that El-Hadji.