Sunday, January 1, 2012

Chelsea: Anelka Thank you!

Chelsea have announced that striker Nicolas Anelka has left Stamford
Bridge to join Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua. Players 32 years, have
been making the transfer request since December 2011 due to loss of
core position at Chelsea. In Shenhua, the French player is going to
get paid £ 175 thousand or USD 2.46 billion per week. "Chelsea
Football Club would like to thank and wish the best for today Nicolas
Anelka who left us to join Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua," wrote the
official site of Chelsea, Sunday, January 1, 2012. "He has twice
become the club's top scorer in three full seasons at the club,
players from France has also been brought Chelsea win the Barclays
Premier League and two FA Cup," continued the statement. Anelka
started for Chelsea in 2007-08. A career total of five seasons with
the Blues he was quite productive with scored 59 goals in 184
appearances, 145 of whom appear as a starter. The arrival of Fernando
Torres in January 2011 made competition increasingly fierce in the
front lines. Anelka more sitting on the bench, but he still ended the
season 2010-11 as the club's top scorer with 16 goals in all
competitions. "The new manager, Andre Villas-Boas started the season
by placing three strikers, Torres, Daniel Sturridge, and Juan Mata,
once again limiting the role of Anelka. The only goal this season is
now 2-1 win at home against West Bromwich Albion in August, "wrote the
official Chelsea website.

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