Nicolas Anelka: Last News

Champions League football - and would have realised it if his CV had not been discovered as fake.Grégoire Akcelrod had wanted to play football since he was 10 years old but was so bad that his own dad banned him from playing.He did not give up, though, eventually playing for PSG’s amateur side in fifth-tier French football - and this experience formed the base of his elaborate plan.The amateur footballer decided to create a fake website claiming he was with the Ligue 1 champions’ reserves, copying newspaper match reports that featured forward Nicolas Anelka’s name to paste his own in.Sending it to English clubs, he managed to get trials at Swindon, Norwich and Bournemouth.This saw CSKA Sofia come knocking in 2009, offering him a three-year

straight to your inboxPicture a player Pep Guardiola would break Manchester City's transfer record for.A man with attitude, and an attitude problem, who nobody else wanted... and who didn't really want to join, doesn't spring to mind.Even if that player was a proven Champions League and European Championship winner who had scored goals for Arsenal, Real Madrid, PSG and Liverpool, City nowadays put the character of a potential signing on a par with talent when recruiting.Simply put, if a 23-year-old Nicolas Anelka was available now, City probably wouldn't have signed him.Back in 2002, however, City weren't a club who signed players with records like Anelka's, and couldn't turn down the opportunity to sign a genuine superstar.Even if that

Gabriel Martinelli made his long-awaited return to action for Arsenal in the Papa John’s Trophy tonight (Tuesday).

Chelsea have a “great chance” to win the Premier League title next season, according to former Blues striker Nicolas Anelka. Frank Lampard has been a busy man in this transfer window with the club embarking on a massive summer spending spree.

The Bridge.

straight to your inboxRyan Giggs has heaped praise on former Manchester United coach Carlos Quieroz for his role in helping the Reds defeat Chelsea on penalties in the 2008 Champions League final.Sir Alex Ferguson guided his United team to the final in Moscow after knocking out Barcelona and took an early lead through Cristiano Ronaldo's header.

Controversy was rarely far away from Nicolas Anelka’s footballing career.

Nicolas Anelka has denied he ever wanted to leave Liverpool and insists he was desperate to seal a permanent move to the club.

Arsenal, Real Madrid and Liverpool striker Nicolas Anelka has attempted to clarify the reasons behind his use of the controversial 'quenelle' gesture as a goal celebration during his time at West Brom.When Anelka performed the quenelle to celebrate scoring a goal in December 2013, the gesture became an international news story and one of the most searched terms on Google.Anelka, at the time said his use of the 'quenelle' was a conscious and deliberate 'up yours' to the French establishment in support of friend and comedian Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala.But many still argue that it is an apolitical rejection of the state and Zionism, although he claims not to have been aware, at the time, of the anti-Semitic dimension of his goal celebration.In

Nicolas Anelka’s career saw him play for some of the world’s most famous clubs.

Liverpool's forwards that the grass is not always greener on the other side. Under Jurgen Klopp, there is no doubt that the Reds have stepped up their game.

Nicolas Anelka has played for some of Europe's top clubs.

Liverpool missed a trick by not signing Nicolas Anelka on a permanent deal in 2002, according to his former Reds strike partner Emile Heskey.

Emile Heskey reckons Liverpool missed a big opportunity when they failed to sign a 'phenomenal' striker during his time at the club.

Adams: Arsenal ambition stopped my United move

Playing Fernando Torres against Liverpool on his Chelsea debut after a £50m from the club was a massive mistake.

Rio Ferdinand has opened up over the massive fear he felt over losing to Chelsea in the Champions League final in 2008.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic might have become an Arsenal legend if things had panned out differently.

Dennis Bergkamp has identified the tactical change that led to Arsenal's decline under legendary manager Arsene Wenger.

The memory of Manchester United ’s Champions League triumph over Chelsea in 2008 continues to delight their fans.

Manchester United secured their third European Cup title in typically dramatic circumstances, overcoming Chelsea on spot-kicks after Blues captain John Terry infamously slipped and missed the potential match-winning penalty in the shootout.