Warnock signs bad boy Diouf... a year after comparing him to a sewer rat!
Neil Warnock has controversially signed El Hadji Diouf for Leeds.
The 31-year-old Senegal forward has agreed a non-contract deal at Elland Road ahead of their attempted push for promotion to the Barclays Premier League.
Diouf came off the bench in Leeds' Capital One Cup match against Shrewsbury on Saturday but his name was booed when it was read out before kick-off.
Warnock famously launched an attack on Diouf during his time at Blackburn after claiming he abused QPR's Jamie Mackie as he lay on the pitch with a broken leg in an FA Cup clash in January 2011.
Warnock, then QPR's manager, said: 'The lads were furious with El-Hadji Diouf; he (Mackie) had broken his leg and he is calling him all sorts on the pitch.
'There was no need to put the finger up and call him a disgrace and even the Blackburn people were embarrassed.
'I can't abide people like that, I don't know why he wants to take on the world every week.
'For many years I have thought he (Diouf) was the gutter type - I was going to call him a sewer rat but that might be insulting to sewer rats.
'I think he is the lowest of the low and I can't see him being at Blackburn much longer because I can't see Steve Kean putting up with someone like that in the dressing room when he is trying to form a new image for Blackburn.
'I think he will be the first to go and good riddance - I hope he goes abroad because I won't miss watching him. He is a nasty little person.'
Diouf replied: 'Who is Warnock? He's nothing to me. He's not Alex Ferguson, he's not Arsene Wenger, he's not Sam Allardyce or an important manager. I know he doesn't like me, but it's the same for me too - I don't like him.'
In a later interview, he added: 'I can't stand him. He is not a good manager. Nobody has heard of him outside of this country so who cares what he thinks about me.'
He has made over 300 appearances in English football, after starting his career in France. He spent nine years in the Premier League with Liverpool, Bolton, Sunderland, and Blackburn.
He also had a loan spell with Rangers before joining Doncaster in the npower Championship last season.
Diouf, who has twice been named African Footballer of the Year, made 23 appearances for Doncaster, but could not prevent the Yorkshire side from being relegated from the Championship.
Warnock took over in February and is working on a tight budget under chairman Ken Bates.
