Cisse has been one of the most profilic scorers in Germany this season |
German club SC Freiburg have denied that Blackburn Rovers have bid for Senegal striker Papiss Demba Cisse.
German magazine Kicker reported this week that Freiburg’s sporting director, Dirk Dufner, said the Premier League side made an offer for the player.
“This was a misunderstanding by Kicker,” Rudi Rasca, Freiburg’s Head of Communications, told BBC Sport.
“We won’t say that Blackburn are not interested but we have yet to receive a concrete offer on paper.”
“We know that they have been watching him during matches this season – but so have many Premier League sides this season.”
Cisse has been courting attention from Europe’s top clubs after scoring 22 Bundesliga goals this season, trailing top scorer Mario Gomez of Bayern Munich by two.
In a previous interview, the Senegalese told the BBC he would be interested in joining a club playing Champions League football.
Freiburg, who paid just 1.6m Euros to capture Cisse from Metz two years ago, are believed to be holding out for an offer of around 15m Euros for a player under contract until 2014.
Cisse has scored over half Freiburg’s league goals this season, propelling the club to seventh in the Bundesliga.
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