INTERVIEW
"With a better left foot I might have put 4 more goals and we wouldn't be around to talk about it." Djibril Cisse has lost none of his humor. Four goals, that's what the former French international is missing to enter the very select circle of centenary goal scorers in Ligue 1. They are already 87 to have reached this total since the creation of Ligue 1. So , yes Djibril Cisse is 38, some hip problems and his last matches date back to two seasons in Switzerland, in the third division, but he recalls having "played 27 matches and scored 24 goals". And to add: "It is not Ligue 1, but the goals have the same dimension in Switzerland and in France. I had titles, but there is something missing, I am missing 4 goals. want to try. "
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An appeal launched in Nîmes and Dijon
And Djibril Cisse will not be choosy about his possible future destination. "Honestly, I don't have the luxury of choosing," he admits. "I have respect for all clubs. Whoever plays the game will be a club that will say to themselves: 'He was a player who did a lot for French football, we allow him to realize his dream'. would already be a big gesture on the part of a club, "said the former European champion with Liverpool in 2005." There will be no question of salary, we will see on the sale of jerseys if we can donate the sum to associations, "he said again.
But the former goalkeeper of AJ Auxerre has many clubs in mind, and has also launched a call on Europe 1. "I started in Nîmes before going to Auxerre. I did my pre-training there . I'm Arlesian, the circle would be complete. " A club like Dijon, a neighbor of AJ Auxerre, is also a destination appreciated by Djibril Cissé. The utopian track of Olympique de Marseille has been mentioned but the "Djib" admits, "there is 0.0001% chance, you shouldn't be too dreamy either, but you never know, it crazy football stuff going on. "