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).
Everton must do without defenders Alan Stubbs and Alessandro Pistone for one month (Daily Mail).
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Liverpool are set to buy Djibril Cisse next summer for a club record transfer fee of �13m