Anelka's Moving Tale has a Happy Ending ; the Nomadic Striker Finally Feels at Home at Chelsea and Is Planning to Build On His Best Season by Landing a Big Double

Evening Standard - London › July 23, 2009

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IT HAS taken 15 years and eight different clubs for Nicolas Anelka to feel settled for the first time in his career. There was a time when he seemed to be packing his bags for somewhere new every summer but that is now a thing of the past.

Of course, there have been periods where the striker has enjoyed some highs, including his breakthrough at Arsenal in the late 90s, winning the Champions League with Real Madrid in 2000 and a brief loan spell at Liverpool in 2002, yet it is at current club Chelsea where he is feeling most content.

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Anelka's Moving Tale has a Happy Ending ; the Nomadic Striker Finally Feels at Home at Chelsea and Is Planning to Build On His Best Season by Landing a Big Double

Not that it was an instant love affair, for when he joined from Bolton for Pounds 15million in January 2008, he found a coach in Avra...

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