[lfc-news] Liverpool won't waver over£5m Diouf demand - Post

Liverpool Daily Post, 4 Mar 2005
Liverpool won't waver over £5m Diouf demand
By Ian Doyle, Daily Post

LIVERPOOL have told Bolton Wanderers they will not sanction a cut-price
deal for controversial striker El Hadji Diouf.

Trotters manager Sam Allardyce is keen to make permanent a move for
Diouf, who has impressed during his season-long loan spell at The Reebok.

But Bolton have been informed Liverpool are unlikely to waver from their
£5million asking price for a player they paid twice that to bring to
Anfield from French club Lens in June 2002.

Allardyce had initially been hoping to talk the price down, believing
Diouf's controversial antics during his time in England would deter
potential buyers.

Now Liverpool's hardline stance will test Bolton's desire to sign the
Senegalese international.

Diouf was shipped out to Bolton last August after having been informed
he had no future at Anfield following the arrival of Rafael Benitez.

And the striker has impressed during his time at The Reebok - scoring
six goals and helping the club progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals -
but has also attracted more negative publicity following spitting and
diving incidents.

One Liverpool striker whose future is looking a little brighter is
Djibril Cisse.

The Frenchman stepped up his rehabilitation from injury yesterday when
he began running at Melwood and remains on course for a first-team
return at the beginning of next season.

Cisse was ruled out for the remainder of the current campaign after his
horror injury at Blackburn Rovers in October, where he fell awkwardly
and fractured the tibia and fibia in his left leg.

And club doctor Mark Waller said yesterday: "Dji-bril started running
today which is great news. He is doing really well and we're all
delighted. He's on schedule to be fit for the start of next season."

Meanwhile, Jerzy Dudek is almost certain to be available for tomorrow's
crucial Premiership clash at Newcastle United.

The goalkeeper is hampered by 10 stitches in a gashed shin sustained in
the Carling Cup final defeat against Chelsea on Sunday.

But with Benitez reluctant to hand the inexperienced Scott Carson his
Premiership debut so early into his Anfield career, Dudek will be
expected to play through the pain barrier at St James' Park.

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