"I just hope he makes a speedy recovery. It's the worst possible thing that could happen to a player. I spoke to Jamie Carragher and asked him to pass on my best wishes.
"I know Cisse a bit. I was wearing the number ten shirt at Liverpool when he came in and took the number nine shirt.
"In the short time we were together I got to know him because we were sitting alongside each other in the dressing room.
"He didn't seem to speak much English but he seems like a nice fella."