Black Cats put survival first as future of on-loan Cisse must wait

DJIBRIL CISSE’S future will be thrashed out on the day Sunderland secure their Premier League status.

Manager Ricky Sbragia has promised the 27-year-old Frenchman, who is currently on a season-long loan deal at the Stadium of Light from Marseille, that his situation will be resolved swiftly once the Black Cats know where they will be playing their football next season.

Cisse admitted his annoyance earlier this week at the fact that there has as yet been no decisive action, with the Black Cats having agreed the terms of a permanent switch last summer.