Millwall captain Danny Shittu revealed he took Leeds forward El-Hadji Diouf home after the match between the two sides in November and that the Senegalese did not mention any racist abuse.
TV footage shown by Sky Sports showed Diouf seemingly being abused by Lions supporters. The film also appeared to show the player alerting the referee, Mark Halsey, and making stewards aware of his allegations — although Millwall say no complaint was made by the player at the time.
Shittu said he spoke to Diouf and even gave him a lift home after the match and the former Liverpool player did not suggest to his opponent that he had been abused during the game.
The Millwall captain said: “I asked him because there was word flying around that it could have happened.
“I spoke to him and he said there wasn’t really anything that happened. I spoke to him after the game and I haven’t spoken to him since, I will be talking to him over the next couple of days.
“He was fine when I spoke to him after the game, I actually gave him a lift home in my car. I think that is the character that Diouf is, he tries to not let stuff like that bother him.”
A man has been arrested in connection with allegations of racist abuse.
