Doncaster swoop for Diouf

by Setanta Staff , 31 October 2011

Championship strugglers Doncaster Rovers have completed the signing of former Bolton and Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf on a three-month contract.


The 30-year-old Senegal international has been without a club since he was released by Blackburn Rovers at the end of last season.

A two-time African Footballer of the Year, Diouf was a £10million arrival at Liverpool in 2002 after playing a starring role in Senegal's successful World Cup campaign that summer.

Often a controversial figure during his time in British football, Diouf has also played for Bolton Wanderers and Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League and helped Rangers to the Clydesdale Bank Premier League title during a loan spell north of the border last term.

Diouf's arrival at the Keepmoat Stadium will go some way to addressing the striker crisis currently engulfing boss Dean Saunders.

Goalscorer James Hayter was the only established centre-forward in the squad for the 1-1 draw with Coventry on Saturday as Billy Sharp missed out due to family issues.

Fellow striker Chris Brown has only recently resumed light training following a knee injury and Jon Parkin returned to Cardiff at the end of his loan period in Yorkshire.

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Man City
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28
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5
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89
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Man Utd
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28
5
5
56
89
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Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
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Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
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Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
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Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
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Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
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Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
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Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
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West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
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Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
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Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
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Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
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Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
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Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
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Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
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QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
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Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
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Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
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Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
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25
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