Sunderland AFC news: Ex-Liverpool striker issues fresh come and get me plea to Black Cats after Jermain Defoe signing
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The Frenchman spent a season on loan at the Stadium of Light under Roy Keane during the 2008-09 campaign and scored against local rivals Newcastle United in a 2-1 win for Sunderland.
Cisse netted 10 goals in 35 top-flight appearances on Wearside before sealing a move to Panathinaikos despite expressing a desire to stay at Sunderland.
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Hide AdIndeed, last summer Cisse also stated on social media that if Sunderland wanted him then “he’ll be there”.
![Djibril Cisse](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjY0M2E3ZjgwLWNmY2QtNDNiNy1hNWMzLTc0NjljOTcwZDI5Mzo0Y2ZjMmRmMi1hNzFkLTRlYzgtYWY3OC0wNGZkYTEyMmM3YTQ=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
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The ex-Lazio goal scorer – who played 41 times for the French national team during his career – has been without a club since leaving Swiss outfit Yverdon back in 2018.
But following the news of Jermain Defoe’s Wearside return early on Tuesday morning, Cissie issued a fresh come and get me plea to his former club.
The 40-year-old, replying to Sunderland’s Instagram announcement of Defoe’s return, commented: “I need 1 last dance too.”
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Hide AdOn the same post, television star and Sunderland fan George Clarke added: “YES YES YES!!!! We shouldn’t have sold him in the first place…one of many disastrous decisions by Ellis Short! I said at the time the one player we needed to keep to keep us in the championship was Defoe! Then look what happened!”
![Djibril Cisse of Sunderland looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur at The Stadium of Light on March 7, 2009.](https://www.sunderlandecho.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjMyMjdmNWZiLTZjYjAtNDJmYi04ZDA4LTJhNGQwODJjN2FkODpkN2MzYjBjMS1mNDMzLTQxNDItYmRiZC0xOTc2MTllYTJiN2I=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Djibril Cisse of Sunderland looks on during the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur at The Stadium of Light on March 7, 2009.](/img/placeholder.png)
Defoe, 39, became Sunderland’s fifth and final deal of the January window, after Jay Matete joined from Fleetwood Town for a significant six-figure sum in an eventful deadline day.