Djibril Cissé's career could have been different. After revealing himself in the eyes of the whole world in Auxerre between 1999 and 2004 (90 goals scored in 169 matches), the French striker spun in Liverpool, a club with whom he won the Champions League in 2005. However, the former striker now 43 years old revealed in the columns of The team That Zinedine Zidane wanted to make him sign at Real Madrid.
“”After my first big season with Auxerre (22 goals and top scorer in L1) in 2002, I go to the World Cup. I had never met Zidane before. He arrives late in preparation, but from his first day in Japan, he strikes the door of my room. The shock! He welcomed me but also get me a message. He tells me that Real wants me, that he would also like me to come. But I make him understand that I had already given my word elsewhere. No one knew it, but I had almost signed in Liverpool. Gérard Houllier had really taken it early with Guy Roux. We had seen each other several times in Paris. I had almost found my house a year before going there!»»
