Cisse to stay at Marseille

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Marseille president Pape Diouf has declared his intention to keep Djibril Cisse at the Stade Velodrome next season.

The flamboyant striker, 25, has spent this season on loan at the Mediterranean club from Liverpool with a view to a permanent move.

After continuing his recovery from a career-threatening broken leg sustained in the build up to last year's World Cup, Cisse finally made his first start for Marseille in early December, scoring in a 2-1 win over St Etienne.

Since then, the Frenchman has scored 14 times in 26 appearances, including a brace in the dramatic French cup final defeat at the hands of Sochaux.

And the form shown by Cisse since his comeback has promopted Diouf to arrange negotiations with Liverpool now the season has come to an end.

He told the club's official website: "I think in spite of the problems Djibril has experienced, a lot of people would be happy if he was to remain with us, and I think he would be happy to remain with us.

"The Djibril we saw at the end of the season is exactly the Djibril we went looking for at the start of the season.

"He wanted to come here and nowhere else, and I think he would continue to play for us if the conditions of the deal were met.

"We have not been able to give a response to Liverpool because we had a season to finish and they had a Champions League final to play.

"They have happened and nothing can now stop us starting discussions with them.

"But it is necessary, first of all, to talk to the player. That is what we should do in the next few days."

Cisse joined Liverpool from Auxerre for £14million in 2004.

[Harv]

we will take Ribery and give you £8mill for him please Pape.

[Resu]

Lets hope Houllier goes to an english club, and start as putting some bids in for Cisse.

[lfcruleus]

If they ask for a loan we need to **** them off, we need the cash, Cisse wants the move so no Contract pay up problems, £8m would be nice.

[kopash]

Great news

[Resu]

Hasn`t Rebery joined Bayern M?
Or was that somebody else?

[Pablo]

Get in, good job he scored a couple of goals at the end of the season, I think it put a couple of quid on his price tag again. If i was manager of a mid table club I'd be interested, not many players that can score as many goals as he can for the type of money he's available for. I've a feeling there might be a bit of a bidding war for his signiture!

[thekop]

Great news if true

[Kopite75]

we will take Ribery and give you £8mill for him please Pape.

I will take that thank you very much

[Hass]

Or get Sami Nasri off them, he's a class player and will only get better

[einar]

Or get Sami Nasri off them, he's a class player and will only get better

Do go on.

[tomasjj]

Or get Sami Nasri off them, he's a class player and will only get better

Oh yes.

That lad is only going to be better and better.
He looks future star material.

[Harv]

Or get Sami Nasri off them, he's a class player and will only get better

oh yeah. He looks a classy little player.


Once he develops a bit more he will be fantastic. He seems to waste alot of chances at present....but that will come with age and more composure

[hertsred]

SO, Cisse goes back to France and in a dodgy season while on comeback from a broken leg scores 14 goals in 26 games. So, the French league is his level. Pity he couldn't have matched that strike rate in the Prem.....

[Red_Polo]

SO, Cisse goes back to France and in a dodgy season while on comeback from a broken leg scores 14 goals in 26 games. So, the French league is his level. Pity he couldn't have matched that strike rate in the Prem.....

In fairness it's not really his goalscoring that's the problem, it's everything else. Him staying at Marseille is probably the best thing for him now, and if we get a decent fee then obviously it's great for us too.