[lfc-news] Cisse: Speculation has caused pain - Echo

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Liverpool Echo, 24 Aug 2005
Speculation has caused pain - Cisse
By Chris Bascombe, Liverpool Echo

DJIBRIL CISSE today revealed his hurt at rumours his Liverpool career
may already be nearing an end - and pleaded with the club not to sell him.

Speculation linking Cisse with a return to France has grown in recent
weeks and the striker's future will remain uncertain until the transfer
deadline.

Cisse feels he's owed the opportunity to prove his worth after working
so hard to recover from serious injury.

"I've been a little bit hurt by all the speculation," he revealed.

"I did my best to come back from injury so quickly, so when you hear
stuff about possibly leaving, it's painful. But that's part of a
footballer's career so I must be strong and deal with it.

"I don't feel I've been here long. It's just my second season. At
Auxerre I also had difficult moments, but I'll live with this. You can't
always have good times as a player.

"I'm not anxious about what's going to happen. I don't want to leave,
but if I have to go, I'll go.

I'm under contract and I want to stay and show the people what I can do.
It's up to the boss, but I don't think he wants me to go."

Marseilles have been strongly linked with Cisse, while Lyon are also
believed to be monitoring his position.

He added: "I've not heard from Lyon or Marseilles, but this is the third
season in a row Marseilles has been mentioned. They are the club near
where I was born. It's not new to me.

"I asked the manager about the situation in the newspapers and he told
me just to concentrate on my football and forget it."

Meanwhile, Benitez desperately searched for the positives last night.

The Reds boss admitted he was just relieved to be through, and pointed
to last season's shock home defeat by AK Graz at the same third
qualifying round stage as a possible good omen.

"Last season we lost like this but went on to win the trophy. Maybe we
can do it again, why not?" he said.

"I want to look at the positives. I felt we created enough chances to
have won, all that we lacked was luck."

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