All the football talk from Friday's papers
Transfer news is thin on the ground on Friday, as the papers focus instead on a weekend of crucial Euro 2004 qualifiers.
French club Marseille have given up on trying to land Manchester United's out-of-favour goalkeeper Fabian Barthez because of the French international's wage demands (Times).
Former Liverpool and Nottingham Forest striker Stan Collymore has been given the all-clear to resume his professional career (Daily Mail).
Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier is poised to make a decision about whether to offer �5m-signing Igor Biscan a new deal (Daily Mail).
Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri would welcome the chance to manage England (Daily Mirror).
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Liverpool are set to buy Djibril Cisse next summer for a club record transfer fee of �13m
