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L’attaquant international français a décidé de mettre un terme définitif à sa carrière à l’âge de 35 ans. L’ancien joueur de Marseille devient consultant pour Yahoo Sport.

Djibril Cissé a tout tenté, sans y parvenir. Malgré son envie et sa détermination, le joueur formé à l’AJ Auxerre a décidé de mettre un terme à sa carrière à 35 ans. « J'ai aimé être footballeur. Jusqu'à maintenant, le ballon a été toute ma vie. J'aurais aimé poursuivre une carrière interrompue malgré moi mais il me faut admettre aujourd'hui que le football, c'est fini », nous a-t-il confié en exclusivité.

L’international français (41 sélections, 9 buts) avait décidé de sortir de sa première retraite sportive, annoncée en octobre 2015, pour retrouver un club. Son opération de la hanche réussie, il ambitionnait de rejouer au plus haut niveau avec l’objectif affiché d’atteindre la barre des 100 buts en Ligue 1. Mais faute d’avoir réussi à convaincre un club, le compteur de l’ancien joueur de l’OM restera bloqué à 96. Désormais, Cissé veut tourner la page du football et profiter de sa nouvelle vie remplie de projets. « C'est avec la même passion que je vais entièrement me consacrer à la musique, à la mode et à Yahoo Sport », a-t-il détaillé. « Je vais m'investir corps et âme dans ma carrière de DJ, de producteur et de consultant ainsi que développer ma marque de vêtements. Merci à tous pour votre soutien. L'aventure continue, une autre vie commence. Un lion ne meurt jamais », a-t-il conclu. L'ancien attaquant de Liverpool interviendra désormais régulièrement sur Yahoo Sport : chroniques, Facebook Live, reportages, immersion dans son univers... "Nous allons réaliser avec Djibril des vidéos originales, innovantes et différentes" précise Alexandre Delpérier directeur des programmes, des contenus et de l'info de Yahoo. 

 Retrouvez son interview sur Yahoo Sport en intégralité.

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HOT FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP: Messi, Vardy, Kane, Kalinic, Morrison

Stanley Accrington is back with the morning’s paper chat and it seems Chelsea’s poor run of form this season has led the power brokers at the Bridge to one conclusion; buy all the form players in the Premier League, while Manchester City are chasing Lionel Messi, which is tough as he is very fast.

In the big news of the morning, the Sun are reporting that Lionel Messi's agents have had initial discussions about a deal with Manchester City that would see the 28-year-old Barcelona and Argentina forward join on a weekly wage of £800,000. This initially looks like pie-in-the-sky nonsense, which is leaked to the press so the magical Argentine can bump up his current contract with the Catalan giants. However with the Guardian, via Cadena Copa, reporting Pep Guardiola has agreed to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season to take over from Manuel Pellegrini, maybe there are some legs in the Messi rumour.

Addressing their poor form, Chelsea are lining up January moves for Leicester's England striker Jamie Vardy, 28, and Tottenham's Belgium midfielder Mousa Dembele, 28 (Daily Mirror) and a summer move for Dembele's Spurs team-mate Harry Kane, 22, but Jose Mourinho's side will wait until the summer before making a bid for him according to the Daily Mail. Buying Dembele would be a lesson in short-termism given it’s taken three years for Spurs to find a manager to get anything productive out of the mercurial/bone-idle Belgian.

Chelsea are also considering a move for former Blackburn striker Nikola Kalinic in January. The 27-year-old Croatia international has scored 10 goals in nine Serie A matches for Fiorentina this season, which is in stark contrast to his time at Ewood Park where he scored 7 goals in 44 appearances and was laughed at a lot. Who is laughing now eh?

LA Galaxy midfielder Steven Gerrard says he is disappointed his former club Liverpool did not sign 19-year-old England midfielder Dele Alli before Tottenham did according to the Evening Standard in London. Liverpool and 18 other Premier League clubs share in that disappointment, Stephen. Don’t worry, maybe there is a new Jay Spearing just ready to burst forth from the Anfield academy.

In other top flight news, Swansea forward Andre Ayew has suggested he could leave for a top Premier League club in January, with Liverpool reported to be interested in the 25-year-old while Bournemouth are planning a £6m move for Crystal Palace striker Dwight Gale, 25, in January to replace the injured Callum Wilson (23), so say the Mirror.

Elsewhere, Leeds boss Steve Evans says a deal has been provisionally agreed to extend Sunderland midfielder Liam Bridcutt's loan move for the remainder of the season. Lucky Liam, we say.

Events leading up to Norwich City’s meeting with Bournemouth last Saturday saw Alex Neil facing rumblings of discontent amongst fans and players alike for the first time during his short tenure. Firstly, Lewis Grabban’s refusal to sit on the bench at Rotherham represented an unprecedented challenge to Neil’s regime; a scenario that he is unlikely to have been faced with before in his short, and overwhelmingly successful, managerial career. To follow this, the deadline day sale of Bradley Johnson, last season’s talisman and player of the season, shocked and disappointed many amongst the Canaries faithful. Whilst the reported £6.5million figure represented a substantial sum for a player who has never quite proved his abilities at the top level, the lack of replacement, or moreover the failure to put this revenue towards a new central defender or striker, frustrated many. Incomings on deadline day were in the form of two loan signings, West Ham United’s Matt Jarvis and Congolese international Dieumerci Mbokani, and whilst the pairs respective performances last Saturday suggest they could prove to be two very shrewd additions, the general consensus amongst City’s supporters as the window slammed shut was one of disappointment. Neil has since confirmed that he had “two more deals” in place that fell through due to the selling club “pulling the plug” in the final moments of the window, so it is likely that the young Scot mirrored the fans feeling of slight discontent.

It was the combination of these events, furthered by Norwich’s no show at St Mary’s two weeks prior that resulted in a greater importance being placed on Saturday’s match-up with fellow newly promoted side Bournemouth. As they have done time and time again under Neil’s rule, with pressure and expectation on, his team once more produced the goods in emphatic style. Wes Hoolahan’s majesty pioneered a performance warranting of comparisons to Barcelona by Paul Merson on Soccer Saturday (okay, maybe that was a bit too kind!), as the Canaries well and truly put paid to the Cherries’ fans “Championee” brags in the early moments of the game. Hoolahan assisted last season’s top scorer Cameron Jerome in grabbing his first goal of the season to open the scoring, and then doubled the lead himself after the break before new signing Matt Jarvis capped off an impressive debut with a neat finish in the 67th minute to secure the 3 points for Alex Neil’s men. A late consolation goal for Bournemouth would have undoubtedly angered perfectionist Neil but it was not enough to dampen City fans’ spirits as victory took them to the lofty heights of 8th in the Premier League table.

We’re looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Aston Villa fanatic who knows the ins and outs of the club and isn’t afraid to voice and blog his or her opinions.

Compete with other football pundits to become the #1 fan voice for your team on Yahoo Sport. One fan from each Premier League club will be offered a spot on Yahoo to write and post during the 2015-16 season, as well as:

- Have your content promoted across Yahoo UK, Yahoo Sport, the Yahoo Sport app and Yahoo’s social networks.

- Get paid £20 per article to write 1-2 pieces per week throughout the season.

- Receive a Yahoo Sport t-shirt or hoodie.

- One finalist will be picked to guest star in an exclusive Yahoo Sport video about the summer transfer window.

At the end of the season, Yahoo will select 3 grand prize winners from the 20 finalists. The grand prizes are:

- Have a coffee/pint with one of the Premier League’s rising stars on the pitch.

- Have a chat with a well-known football journalist to pick his/her brain about the industry.  

- A special grand prize (it’s a secret!) will be given for highest social shares at the end of the 2015-16 season.

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How do I apply?

Competition submissions will be accepted until 10th August 2015. To apply, please visit http://bit.ly/1Gj2BXa.

Our competition application form will ask you for your full legal name, pen name, email address, which football club you support, as well as a writing submission to show us your knowledge, writing skills and voice.

o   Assignment: Write 350-700 words discussing what Aston Villa has done and what they need to do in the summer transfer window.

For more information, please read our FAQs and General Competition Terms.

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