Benitez seeks Cisse compensation

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez wants FIFA to pay compensation for Djibril Cisse’s injury while on World Cup duty with France, warning football’s governing body that coaches could start withholding their players.

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez wants FIFA to pay compensation for Djibril Cisse’s injury while on World Cup duty with France, warning football’s governing body that coaches could start withholding their players.

Cisse, 24, fractured his right tibia in a friendly against China last week and is out until at least November, denying him a move back to France with either Marseille or Lyon.

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