Former Doncaster Rovers star lines up job as President of Senegal
The former player announced last year that he wanted to become and MP in the country - but after former fellow footballer George Weah became President of Liberia, he is setting his sights a bit higher.
He admitted being inspired by Mr Weah and said: "I am looking after myself and my family. For many years I use to think about football but I have a new career and it is a political career.
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Hide Ad“I have taken the decision to do politics because I have people waiting for me to change things in my country and I am ready to do that because I want to be the solider of the youngsters."
Last year Diouf revealed he had scrapped plans to go into management because a career in politics is more appealing to him.
He said: "My future is defined. In the next two years I will be joining politics, because I know from that point I can change a lot in football.
"I have a lot of passion for politics, and I have people in Senegal who are mentoring me.
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Hide Ad"That is the future for me, because a lot of Senegalese people are able to listen to me.
"I took high-level coaching courses, but decided not to continue since I have better plans on things I want to do.
"But I am always available to advise my team whenever called upon."
Diouf scored six goals in 22 appearances for Rovers during the 2011-12 season and was linked with a series of controversial incidents during his playing career in England.