Ex-France international Djibril Cisse reveals desire to come out of retirement

Former France international Djibril Cisse has revealed that he wants to return to professional football, six months after announcing his retirement.

The 34-year-old, who spent three years playing at Liverpool between 2004 and 2007, stepped away from the sport in October following a spell at Bastia due to a hip injury.

Now, though, the striker is ready to get back on the field after undergoing surgery and receiving the green light from his doctor.

"If I want to make it back onto the pitch? That is not a rumour, I have never hidden that desire," Cisse told beIN Sports. "I had to stop because of a hip problem, I never stopped because I no longer had the desire to play or because I was bored of football, I stopped because of medical reasons.

"Today, those reasons no longer exist, I have received the green light from the surgeon. After my operation, things went very well, after one week I started running again."

Since leaving Liverpool, Cisse has had stints at Marseille, Sunderland, Panathinaikos, Lazio, Queens Park Rangers, Al-Gharafa, Kuban Krasnodar and Bastia.