Recent speculation has linked the 22-year-old Auxerre forward with a move to English champions Manchester United but the Star quoted Cisse as saying: "I still intend to sign for Liverpool. It has always been very precise with them, although I have signed no deal."

He added: "We all know where we are because we have been talking for a long time, so it is not necessary to talk every week. My manager, Guy Roux, has already spoken directly with Liverpool."

Cisse insisted he had not heard from United and said Liverpool, managed by Frenchman Gerard Houllier, were the only club who could tempt him away from Auxerre.

"There has been no direct contact with United," Cisse said. "I don't really know that much about it but I have heard something.

"But I am already advanced with Liverpool and they have my priority. I am not thinking about another club.

"If I leave at the end of the season it will be for Liverpool and not another club."