"We arevery close to an agreement, and we think it will be a one-year loan deal," said Diouf.
"I still have a few details to discuss with Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry.
"Things can happen very quickly now. We will only announce Cisse's signing after the papers have been signed.
"But I talk to Djibril every day on the phone. For him he is already a Marseille player."