The 27-year-old is currently on a season-long loan deal at the Stadium of Light from Marseille with a view to completing a permanent move next summer.

Cisse has made an impressive start on his return to the Barclays Premier League, where injuries blighted a two-year stay at Liverpool earlier in his career, with two goals in seven appearances to date as he finds his feet once again.

But he insists there is a lot more to come and that at his best, he can force his way back into Raymond Domenech's France squad.

Cisse won the last of his 37 senior caps as a substitute in a 1-0 friendly victory over England in March, and although he was included in the provisional squad for Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Romania, he did not make the cut.

He said: "I like playing for France, so at the moment I am a bit disappointed that I am not in. But I am going to try to work hard and have a good season with Sunderland, and maybe I will come back. I am always on the pre-list, but finally, I am not [in the squad]. But it's going to come, it is going to come. It is just a case of being patient and it will come."