The 24-year-old has been linked with a January move to Marseille, but he told Liverpool’s website: “I love Liverpool.

“I have great friends and great team-mates and I’ve bought a great house. I just got married, so why would I want to leave?”

“The mentality in the dressing room is different to France. It’s just friendly and happy. They all make jokes and make each other laugh.”

Cisse has struggled to secure a place in Liverpool’s starting XI with manager Rafael Benitez preferring the strike partnership of Fernando Morientes and Peter Crouch.

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