Cisse reveals he nearly 'lost his leg'


French striker Djibril Cisse has revealed he could have lost his left leg in
the aftermath of the horrific injury which wrecked his first season at
Liverpool.

Cisse was carried off with a double fracture of his leg after a tackle in the
Barclays Premiership match at Blackburn on October 30 - and will not play
again this season.


And the ￡14million signing from Auxerre claims his whole career could have
been destroyed and that had he not had expert medical treatment at Ewood
Park, there was the prospect of amputation.

Cisse, in an interview with club magazine LFC, said: 'When I was taken from
the field, what they did next was so important for my career, what they did
in those first few moments was vital.

'My bone were overlapping and I had no circulation in my foot.'

And the 23-year-old insists: 'They had to give me drugs to help with the pain
and then they had to pull my bones back into place with their hands.

'If they had waited until I had got to the hospital I might have lost my leg,
it was that serious.'

Cisse is still on crutches but is back at Liverpool's training ground having
daily treatment and has told manager Rafael Benitez he has set a target of
being able to play in the final few games of the season.

But he is clearly very aware of the debt he owes to Liverpool's medical team
for their swift action at the ground when he was first injured.  
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