Michael Chopra's two goals in the final ten minutes are enough to see off Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.A game that was more frantic than metered, this was a game that took a long time for anything to build. Yes both sides had plenty of chances (per Soccernet, 21 for Sunderland, 18 for [. Click to continue reading...

Michael Chopra's two goals in the final ten minutes are enough to see off Middlesbrough 2-0 at the Stadium of Light.

A game that was more frantic than metered, this was a game that took a long time for anything to build. Yes both sides had plenty of chances (per Soccernet, 21 for Sunderland, 18 for Middlesbrough), but not many tested either Craig Gordon or Ross Turnbull. Click to continue reading...

Matchday 1 of the 2008-09 Champions League group stages will see Liverpool travel to Marseille in a battle of the once-greats. Both were at one time the unrivalled giants of their country, yet neither have won a league title since the early 1990s. Both remain their country's most successful club but are in serious danger of losing that mantle. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: George McCartney (West Ham), Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United), Djibril Cisse (Marseille, loan), David Healy (Fulham), Andrew Davies (Southampton, loan), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton), Nick Colgan (Ipswich), Teemu Tainio (Tottenham), Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham), Steed Malbranque (Tottenham). Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United), Djibril Cisse (Marseille, loan), David Healy (Fulham), Andrew Davies (Southampton, loan), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton), Nick Colgan (Ipswich), Teemu Tainio (Tottenham), Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham), Steed Malbranque (Tottenham). Notable departures: Andrew Cole (Nottingham Forest). Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Anton Ferdinand (West Ham United), Djibril Cisse (Marseille, loan), David Healy (Fulham), Andrew Davies (Southampton, loan), El Hadji Diouf (Bolton), Nick Colgan (Ipswich), Teemu Tainio (Tottenham), Pascal Chimbonda (Tottenham), Steed Malbranque (Tottenham). Notable departures: Andrew Cole (Nottingham Forest). Click to continue reading...

Talk about immediate impact. French international Djibril Cisse, on a season-long loan from Olympique de Marseille, scored the game winner against Tottenham Hotspur. Cisse's header in the final minutes of the match sent Spurs' supporters home with thoughts of last year's start-to-season disaster freshly entrenched in their minds. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has turned his attentions to West Ham striker Carlton Cole, 24, after securing a loan deal for Marseille's Djibril Cisse. (The Sun) BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Thursday's gossip column. Somebody actually wants to sign Carlton Cole??? WTF, and at a reported £5 million transfer fee. Click to continue reading...

Roy Keane obviously feels he needs more to add more to his attack at Sunderland, with both David Healy and Djibril Cisse having medicals at the club. Healy is currently playing at Fulham and Cisse is currently at Olympique Marseille and is set to join Sunderland on a loan deal. Jerome Thomas has had his loan [. Click to continue reading...

Djibril Cisse (daft barber not pictured)

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In their first season back in the top flight, Sunderland did just enough to survive. Although he did perhaps make a miscue or two, much credit can be attributed Roy Keane's transfer policy for maintaining Sunderland's Premiership status. Click to continue reading...

BOLTON WANDERERS Notable arrivals: Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham City), Johan Elmander (Toulouse) Notable departures: Ivan Campo. Possibility: Abdoulaye Meite (Hull City, West Brom) Still brewing: Dutch winger Mustapha Riga, Reading midfielder James Harper and former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse are the. Click to continue reading...

Former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has told his club Marseille that he wants to return to England. Cisse's teammate Modeste M'Bami has also made the same request. The French striker has recently been linked with Portsmouth, West Ham, Bolton, and Wigan, but more clubs could join the race. Teammate M'Bami has been linked to Everton and Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

If the price is right, says Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, he still wants to bring Peter Crouch back to Fratton Park.

Liverpool have pinned a £15 million price tag on England striker Peter Crouch - and although Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp would like the player, that valuation is considerrably higher than the South Coast club are prepared to pay. Click to continue reading...

In the past couple of days I've stumbled on two great, heart-melting photos of France players who aren't going to Euros. Anybody else get a pain in their maternal area when you look at them?

(Guys, don't answer that.)

First, Djibril Cisse and his son Cassius.

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Come on Djibril Cissé. Stop the circus, will you? Oh, you have? Thank you very much. Goal.com reports that the disgruntled Olympique Marseille striker has finally decided to stay at the Marseille Velodrome for until the end of the season. This after toying with the idea of moving back to the English Premier League for weeks. Click to continue reading...

Manchester City might have plenty of cash to splash out with in the January transfer market but manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is gradually realising that money doesn't always buy you the players that he want. Just ask Olympique Marseille president Pape Doiuf, who has rejected a bid from the Premier League side for Djibril Cisse. Click to continue reading...

Marseilles have rejected an approach from Manchester City
for Djibril Cisse, the forward. The former Liverpool striker has been linked
with a return to the Premier League in the January transfer window after failing
to secure a regular starting role with the French club this season.

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DERBY TRIO: The Derby Rams are going for a complete makeover. After having already captured UAG Tecos striker Emmanuel Villa for $4 million and Manchester City wantaway Danny Mills, Paul Jewell will not be stopping there. Laurent Robert - the wing midfielder who cost Newcastle around $20 million back in 2001 with decent returns - [. Click to continue reading...

Now this is one hot transfer speculation that you wouldn't like to miss and the best part of the tale is that this could well be true. Remember Djibril Cisse, the French striker who failed to settle at Liverpool even after sticking to the Merseyside club for two years? Well, he is reported to be [... Click to continue reading...

Berbatov a step closer as Spurs linked with Cisse
The Observer is reporting that Tottenham Hostspur are interest in buying Djibril Cisse from Marseille, who is available for around 6 million pounds. Not sure this will appease Spurs fans if he is supposed to be the replacement for Berbatov. They'll surely have to spend more than that, as good as Cisse is, he's never quite showed the promise of this youth after two horrific leg breaks. Click to continue reading...

Club Chief Executive Rick Parry has stated that the rift between Tom Hicks and George Gillett is totally fabricated. The 52-year-old revealed that he has recently spent time with both owners and drew no such conclusions of a breach in their partnership. Even if there was, I sincerely doubt the papers would know about it before something major occurred. Click to continue reading...

Besiktas's Brazilian midfielder Ricardinho announced Thursday his intention to sue Marseille's Djibril Cisse for a tackle that has left him facing two months on the sidelines.

Ricardinho was taken off in the 44th minute in last week's Champions League opening group tie at the Velodrome after Cisse's 25th minute tackle which resulted in a freekick for the Turkish side. Click to continue reading...

Didier Drogba and Djibril Cisse both arrived in the English Premiership around the same time. Drogba just had his biggest season (03/04) with Marseille, scoring 29 goals in all competitions before sealing a then record signing for £24 million to Chelsea.

Liverpool meanwhile, under the guidance of Gerard Houllier had long courted the services of Cisse, who was the consistent top scorer for Auxerre. Click to continue reading...