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Graduated from Journalism School in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
Coming from the PSG training center, Nicolas Anelka finally decided to leave the capital prematurely in 1997 to be transferred to Arsenal. And the former striker, who was at that time the phenomenon of French football, gives a behind-the-scenes account of this career choice which may seem surprising.
In February 1997, when he had just made his professional debut with the PSG shortly before, Nicolas Anelka decided to be transferred to Arsenal when he was only 18 years old. A choice which was controversial at that time, especially since Anelka was a very promising element of French football and PSG. But the former scorerFrench team have absolutely no regrets with this transfer…
“Things in the right tempo”
Questioned in the columns of Parisian, Anelka confides frankly on this subject: “ A regret of leaving so early? No. I did things at the right pace. I initially had a period of adaptation because I arrived in February and didn’t play for the first team until the following January because a striker was injured. It was my desire “, indicates the former scorer, who finally returned to PSG in the summer of 2000.
“I never regretted”
« I was precocious but I knew how to listen to my precocity. We had to adapt to another culture and another mentality. And don’t forget that many French people were already there. Coach Arsène Wenger but also Patrick Vieira, Rémi Garde and Emmanuel Petit. Everything was thought out. I never regretted my choice », continues Anelka on this choice to leave the PSG pour Arsenal.
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