CISSE INTERESTED IN SPURS

Thursday 23rd March 2006
ANFIELD ONLINE LFC NEWS

CISSE INTERESTED IN SPURS

Liverpool are looking in a very strong position to take Jermaine Defoe from Tottenham Hotspur as Djibril Cisse admits his interest in joining the North London club. The reds may be interested in a swap deal for the player although it is expected the reds may have to part with around £5 million + Djib to get the Tottenham man.

The 24-year-old French striker has scored in his past two games for Liverpool but that will not be enough to save his Anfield career according to Serb agent Ranko Stojic, who expects Liverpool to take an £6million loss on a player they paid £14million for nearly two years ago.

"Tottenham should be in touch again this summer and Djibril is very interested," Stojic told The Sun.

"Spurs are a club on the way up which can offer him more time on the pitch.

"A departure is very probable but Djibril has a very good relationship with the Liverpool fans.

"He gets on well with everyone and does not want to put everything in question by asking to leave now.

"The situation will sort itself out at the end of the season and I do not think the club will oppose his leaving if they can get £8million. Liverpool will need to sell in order to buy this summer.

"We know Tottenham are very interested. They got in touch with us on January 31 at 3pm. That was only a few hours before the market closed and we did not want to do business."

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