Blackburn forward El-Hadji Diouf has been interviewed by police following allegations made by a ball-boy at Sunday’s with Everton at Goodison Park.
The Senegalese international is believed to have complained that the ball was not thrown back into play quickly enough.
The Senegal international is alleged to have said “f*ck off white boy” when the ball boy rolled the ball past Diouf and not to him as he went to take a throw-in during Rovers’ 3-0 defeat.
A spokesman for Merseyside Police said: “We are looking into an allegation that a 28-year-old man used racist language at the Everton match today.”
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