Controversy was rarely far away from Nicolas Anelka’s footballing career. He forced his way out of Arsenal aged just 19 to pursue a move to Real Madrid.
During his only season in the Spanish capital he was suspended for 45 days after missing three days' training, and accused the club of treating him "like a dog".
Then, of course, there’s that 2010 World Cup incident that led to him being sent home from the tournament and being banned from France’s next 18 games by the FFF.
In 2013 the striker was at West Brom, the eleventh club of a nomadic career that had also taken him to the likes of Liverpool, Fenerbahce, Chelsea and Shanghai Shenhua.
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