Steven Gerrard has rekindled his feud with former Liverpool teammate El Hadji-Diouf. The duo were colleagues at Anfield for two seasons after the Senegalese striker's £10m transfer from Lens in 2002, before he was sent on loan to Bolton Wanderers in 2004 ahead of joining Sam Allardyce's side permanently.

Steven Gerrard has said his generation of England players failed to work well together because they were "egotistical losers."

England's golden generation failed to live up to their potential because they were "egotistical losers" who fostered an unfriendly environment and were unable to work together, former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard said.

Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard branded England’s ‘golden generation’ of footballers, which he was a part of, as a bunch of ‘egoistical losers.’