Former Sochaux midfielder Mickael Isabey regards his ex-Sochaux teammate El-Hadji Diouf as the most confident player he ever encountered in his career, saying the Senegalese assuredly predicted he would one day play for Liverpool, years before making the Premier League move.
Diouf eventually joined Liverpool four years later after forecasting his future in England.
Although he passed through Stade Rennes and Lens, it was not before Diouf had surprised Isabey with his self-assured nature.
Isabey says while Diouf was an academy player at Sochaux, he would break protocol by straying into the senior team dressing room.