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Bukayo Saka surpasses Nicolas Anelka to rank second for most Premier League contributions by a player aged 21 or younger in Arsenal’s history… but he is still 27 BEHIND top spot after his two assists in win over Brentford. Bukayo Saka has been directly involved in 36 Premier League goals for Arsenal after helping William Saliba and Fabio Vieira find the back of the net against Brentford on Sunday.

The England international has scored 18 goals and registered 18 assists for Arsenal – contributing the second-most of any player while aged 21 or younger for the club. Continue reading SAKA SURPASSES ANELKA TO RANK SECOND FOR MOST ARSENAL PL CONTRIBUTIONS

According to Football Insider, Arsenal could make a last-ditch move for Moussa Diaby before the transfer deadline.

Mikel Arteta continues to look for a wide attacker this summer, and the Bayer Leverkusen winger could be the player of the right profile for the Gunners, with the Bundesliga club demanding £60 million for him. Mikel Arteta has insisted that Arsenal are still in the market to find solutions to complete their squad. The north Londoners have been active in the window, signing essential players that improve their team. Oleksandr Zinchenko and Gabriel Jesus were the most high-profile recruits, with Fabio Vieira adding to the depth and competition. Continue reading ANELKA URGES ARSENAL TO SIGN ATTACKER MOUSSA DIABY THIS SUMMER

Nicholas Anelka started his professional football career at Paris Saint Germain (PSG) before he left French football to sign for Premier League side Arsenal. At Arsenal, the Frenchman became a regular in the starting XI. In his second season with the Gunners, Nicholas Anelka won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Anelkasigned for Real Madrid from Arsenal in 1999. Spanish La Liga side Real Madrid paid £22.3m to sign the Frenchman from the Gunners. Nicholas Anelka didn’t settle in Madrid as he failed to live up to expectations. He returned to PSG in a £20m deal. Continue reading ANELKA: FOOTBALL CAREER IN FOCUS

North London giants Arsenal made a big transfer coup with the signing of Frenchman Nicolas Anelka for a transfer fee of £500,000. The striker signed for the Gunners in February 1997 thanks to the influence of compatriot Arsene Wenger who had been appointed as the Arsenal manager a few months earlier.

There was controversy over his transfer initially as Wenger was keen to sign him for free under the Bowman ruling. In the end, Arsenal had to part with some money to sign the French international. Nicolas Anelka didn’t get a lot of first-team opportunities in his first few months at Arsenal. He burst onto the scene in his first full season at the club helping the Gunners to their first Premier League title. Continue reading NICOLAS ANELKA: ARSENAL CAREER EXAMINED

Ex-Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City striker Nicholas Anelka believes that compatriot KylianMbappe will leave French Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint Germain (PSG) to sign for Real Madrid in the Spanish league. In a report via Spanish publication MundoDeportivo, Nicholas Anelka said that Mbappe would have signed a new contract by now if he wanted to stay at PSG beyond his present contract.

The logical explanation from Nicholas Anelka is that Frenchman Mbappe has less than six months on his current deal with the PSG and that players who run down their contracts want to leave.

PSG have tired to get Mbappe to sign a new contract on several occasions without success. The former AS Monaco attacker has turned down several lucrative contract proposals from the club. Senior PSG officials were keen to make him the highest paid player in the history of the club. Also, PSG turned down a couple of bids from Real Madrid for Mbappe last summer including a €200m offer for a player who had one year left on his contract at the club.

Mbappe has been at PSG since the summer of 2017 when he joined them from fellow French top flight team AS Monaco. PSG paid around €160m for him to become the second most expensive player in world football behind club teammate Neymar.

PSG and Real Madrid have been drawn together in the Champions League round of 16. On the last 16 tie, Nicholas Anelka, who played for both teams during his career, said that both teams have almost equal chance to progress to the quarterfinals and that Real Madrid are slight favourites due to their experience in the competition. Real Madrid have won the competition at least six more times than any team. They are 13-time winners, while PSG are yet to win the competition.

Legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was on the Wrighty’sHouse Podcast recently and he was asked about Nicholas Anelka and Thierry Henry by Gunners legend Ian Wright.Ex-Arsenal striker Wright was a key player for the North London club at the start of the Wenger managerial era and he played his part in the Premier League title win at the end of the 1997/98 season. Wright was the all-time leading goalscorer in the Gunners’ history before his record was broken by Frenchman Henry.

Wright told Wenger that he has always thought about the possibility of having Thierry Henry and NicholasAnelka in the Arsenal team at the same before he asked the Frenchman if he wanted to keep his two compatriots in the team at the same time when Henry joined the club from Italian team Juventus in 1999 or he saw Henry as the direct replacement for his fellow countryman Anelka. In his response, Wenger said that his plan was to have both Nicholas Anelka and Thierry Henry in his team at the same time.

Arsenal legend Wright then asked Wenger if Anelka would have been the striker, with Henry stuck out on the wings and his reply was an emphatic yes. Wenger then joked that he had Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp in his team as well.

At a recent charity event, ex-Arsenal manager Wenger admitted that his biggest regret was letting Anelka go. Wenger is certain that the decision to let his compatriot leave the club is the biggest regret of his career. According to him, he should have done more to make Anelka stay. In the end, Nicholas Anelka went on to play for a lot of clubs as he never really had a settled career at a single club for many years.

Wenger is seen by many as the greatest Arsenal manager, winning three league titles, seven FA Cup titles and seven Community Shields.

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Former Chelsea and Arsenal striker Nicholas Anelka has stated that Kylian Mbappe is the main man in the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) and that new signing Lionel Messi must respect him.

Nicholas Anelka said this in an exclusive interview with French publication Le Parisien as he said that six-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi must play for Mbappeas the main man in the PSG attack rather than him being the main focus of the attack at his new club. Continue reading PSG: ‘MBAPPE IS THE MAIN MAN’

Ex-Arsenal, Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Nicholas Anelka made his debut for the French senior national team in a goalless draw with Sweden on April 22, 1998 and he went on to score 14 goals in 69 games for his country.

Nicholas Anelka missed out on the World Cup squad for France at the 1998 edition on home soil. The Frenchman was absent as his country won the FIFA World Cup tournament for the first time in history. He became a regular in the France squad during the qualifiers for Euro 2000. Anelka scored the opener as France beat Russia 3-2 on the occasion of his first start. He also found the back of the net twice as France beat hosts England 2-0 at the Wembley Stadium in February 1999.

Anelka featured for France at a major tournament for the first time at Euro 2000. He was part of the France squad that won the tournament by beating Italy in the final thanks to the winning goal from David Trezeguet. Nicholas Anelka also represented France at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup which was won by his team. He scored one of the goals as France thrash hosts South Korea 5-0 in the opening game at the aforementioned FIFA Confederations Cup.

Nicholas Anelka was involved in a few controversies in connection with the French national team. In November 2002, the striker turned down an impromptu call to be part of the France squad to face then Serbia and Montenegro. He was then suspended from the team by manager Jacques Santini. Anelka made his return to the France squad years later and he would later be part of the squads to Euro 2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa. He was sent home by France manager Raymond Domenech in South Africa after an altercation.

With Chelsea reportedly interested in signing Erling Haaland from German Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund this summer, there is now a huge doubt over the future of German striker Timo Werner at Stamford Bridge. Werner was largely criticized for his form last season and became largely scrutinized for his lack of consistency in producing quality performances in a Blues shirt and his transfer fee became questioned by fans, former footballers, and pundits.

Werner was on fire for German Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig the season before sealing his move to Chelsea but he was not quite the player the Blues paid around £53 million to sign. His poor form was also seen as one of the major reasons for the sacking of former manager Frank Lampard by club owner Roman Abramovic. Although Werner did not score a lot of goals for Chelsea last season, he was still a key player under Thomas Tuchel as he recorded a couple of assists and also made a couple of important runs that helped the team to win some penalties and score some goals as well.

And according to former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka, the Blues should be patient with the Germany international striker as his best is yet to come in a Blues shirt. Anelka said that Werner is a top striker and even though he has not been able to prove it at Stamford Bridge, he has already shown what he is capable of during his time at Leipzig.

Chelsea fans who were hoping to see a charged-up Werner at the Euros were eventually left disappointed as the striker failed to help his country to avoid early elimination from the competition. He will, however, be looking forward to having a great pre-season as he prepared to have a better campaign next season than he did the last term.

Frenchman Nicholas Anelka had more than an eventful career for a footballer from his incredible talent to the several transfers and finally the numerous controversies. The striker was always a hit with the press during his playing days.

A lot of Premier League fans will remember Nicholas Anelka as a teenager who burst onto the scene at Arsenal and was instrumental to the Gunners team that won the double namely the Premier League title and the FA Cup title at the end of the 1997/98 campaign. Some others will remember him for spearheading the Chelsea attack for four years alongside club legend Didier Drogba.The retired attacker will also be remembered for the controversial quenelle gesture he made at West Brom.

Others will remember Nicholas Anelka for his role in the France debacle at the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Africa. He had a bust-up with then manager Raymond Domenech which affected the team. In the end, France produced a disastrous campaign that ended at the group stage.

Anelka started his professional career at French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG) before moving abroad to play for Premier League giants Arsenal. He signed for the Gunners controversially at the age of 17 in February 1997.

Arsenal had tried to sign him on a Bosman transfer but it didn’t go down well in some quarters as per PSG officials. In the end, the North London giants paid £500,000 to sign him. He didn’t start to play regular football at Arsenal until the start of the 1997/98 season following the injury to Ian Wright. He was a key player in that double-winning season.

Nicholas Anelka left Arsenal to join Real Madrid for £22.3m in 1999 and went on to play for other clubs like Chelsea, Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City, Liverpool and many more.