Cissé joined Auxerre as a youngster and his star shone brightly in 2001/02, scoring all kinds of goals, some of them truly spectacular, and finished as top-scorer in France with 22 goals from 29 league games. Houllier was a firm admirer and signalled his intentions to his old friend Guy Roux, Auxerre's manager. "Gérard and I speak all the time and it does not usually take him long to get round to the subject of Djibril," revealed Roux. "There is no denying Djibril's game would flourish in the English game. With his pace, he would be one of the...
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