Spurs could pounce for Cisse

2006-03-22 15:24

London - Djibril Cisse could leave Liverpool for Tottenham this summer, the player's agent believes.

Cisse has been out of favour with Reds boss Rafael Benitez and Liverpool are likely to take a substantial loss on the player by selling him to Spurs.

The 24-year-old French striker has scored in his last two games for Liverpool - last night's 7-0 win at Birmingham in the FA Cup and Sunday's 3-1 Barclays Premiership win at Newcastle.

But that will not be enough to save his Anfield career according to Serb agent Ranko Stojic.

"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.

"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 8m pounds. 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 15:00. That was only a few hours before the market closed and we did not want to do business."

Cisse joined Liverpool from Auxerre for 14m pounds two seasons ago but is not thought to be part of Benitez' long-term plans.

- AFP