The Senegalese, who endured an ill-fated stint at Anfield in his playing days, believes the Reds blew their best chance for Premier League glory
El Hadji Diouf says Liverpool “bottled it” last season and have blown their best chance to land the Premier League title.
Diouf told FourFourTwo: “I don’t see them doing as well as they did last season.
“They had the chance to win the league title; they had it in their hands and then let it slip.
“They were seven points ahead around Christmas – how Manchester City got it in the end beats my mind. As they say in England, I think they bottled it.
“If you have only one defeat in a whole season, surely you can’t say that you didn’t win the league – so it’s hard for me to imagine them having such a similar season and coming out as champions.
“Manchester City will be the team to beat once again.”
“I’ve never hidden the fact that Liverpool didn’t treat me right and that they cherished some players better than me, even though I’d arrived with a better profile,” Diouf added.
“Sometimes, reporters will never get what goes on in the club and in the dressing room.
“Don’t get me wrong: the club is run very well now, based on what I hear from Sadio Mane, but I feel I was seen as an outsider back then.
“The upsetting thing is that Real Madrid and Barcelona had offered me more money, but I really wanted to go to Liverpool – and it ended up being one of my worst experiences.”