Ex-Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has reportedly been placed in custody over an alleged sextape blackmail involving former France international team-mate Mathieu Valbuena.

Three other men were arrested this morning and it is reported that they claimed to be in possession of a sex tape featuring Lyon midfielder Valbuena.

The reports say that Cisse was among four people being questioned over the blackmail.

The three other men were arrested this morning and it is reported that they claimed to be in possession of a sex tape featuring Lyon midfielder Valbuena.

Cisse, according to sources, is ‘cooperating in good faith and should soon be ruled out of the case’.