Rafael Benitez will thrust Liverpool’s version of the odd couple -gangling Peter Crouch and flamboyant Frenchman Djibril Cisse – into a new-look front partnership at Tottenham.
The Anfield chief missed out on Michael Owen, has Fernando Morientes sidelined for a fortnight with a hamstring problem and has sold Milan Baros.
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