[lfc-news] Cisse out for season - PA

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PA Sport, 31 Oct 2004
CISSE OUT FOR SEASON AFTER LEG BREAK

Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse will not play again this season after
breaking his leg against Blackburn on Saturday.

The 23-year-old France striker was carried off on a stretcher in the 2-2
draw at Ewood Park and underwent an operation.

Officials at Anfield said surgery on the £14m signing was "successful" but
confirmed Cisse will miss the rest of the campaign.

Cisse will stay in hospital for another five or six days before beginning a
programme of rehabilitation with the Liverpool medical staff.

"Djibril Cisse today underwent a successful operation to repair the leg
broken during Saturday's clash at Blackburn," read a statement on the
official club website www.liverpoolfc.tv

"Cisse will definitely not play again this season."

Cisse's absence leaves the Reds' squad chronically short of forwards and
while the problem can be addressed on a long-term basis when the transfer
window opens in January - Real Madrid's Fernando Morientes and Miguel
Mista, who played under Benitez at both Tenerife and Valencia, have already
been mentioned as potential targets - the immediate future looks bleak.

The only forwards on Liverpool's books are the erratic Milan Baros, Neil
Mellor, who has yet to prove he is up to the level demanded at Anfield, and
20-year-old Frenchman Florent Sinama-Pongolle, who may not be fit for the
midweek trip to Spain.

Sinama-Pongolle missed the Blackburn game after suffering heavy bruising to
his shin and calf in the midweek Carling Cup win at Millwall and if he has
not recovered, Benitez will be forced to play Baros as a lone front man in
the Riazor Stadium, with Luis Garcia operating just behind.


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