Cisse hoping for September return

Last updated : 29 June 2006 By Adam Bryant
This is all good news, with Marseille still keen to take the Frenchman on loan next season.

"When I just got injured, I knew my World Cup was over, but I didn't break down," said Cisse. "It is not in my character.

"I'll bounce back straight away. When I had my scan, and they told me the injury that calmed me a little, maybe because I had the same injury to the other leg.

"I never let my head drop, I never let myself go. In four months I'll be back, and that's all. I never thought my career was over.

"The doctors told me I'll be back in October. So I would say I'll play towards the back end of September.