After calling for Percy Tau to join Real Madrid, El Hadji Diouf has heaped further praise on the Bafana Bafana international, claiming that he is more talented than Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane.

Diouf was part of the Moroccan 2026 Fifa World Cup bid representatives who visited Safa House and South Africa on Monday. The former Liverpool star took the time to heap praise on Tau.

Referring to the World Cup qualifier between Bafana and Senegal, Diouf claimed that South Africa could have easily beaten the Lions of Teranga, but lacked the killer instinct in front of goal, which is being aided by their lack of players playing abroad.

‘South Africa could easily have buried Senegal in two legs but lacked the cutting edge one gets from playing overseas,’ he told Safa’s official website.

‘Look, even countries like Uruguay, Brazil or Argentina, almost all of their players play in Europe and that is what South African players must strive to do.

‘South African players play the best football but need that international experience one only gets by playing in big European leagues.

‘I always ask myself why there is no South African playing either in England or Spain yet the country has the most talented players. They are too comfortable playing at home, which is wrong.

‘The reason why South Africa did well in mid-1990s and late 90s was because the likes of Lucas Radebe, Benni McCarthy and Aaron Mokoena, etc used to play overseas and their international experience told.

‘Tau has no reason to still be playing in South Africa. He is more talented than Sadio Mane or even Mo Salah,’ he concluded.

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