Nicolas Anelka started out at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player but in November 1996, at the age of 17, he joined Arsenal for a fee of £500,000. In 1997-98 he was a key player in Arsenal's Premiership and FA Cup double success that season, scoring. the second goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Newcastle United in that season's FA Cup final.
Nicolas Anelka started out at Paris Saint-Germain as a youth player but in November 1996, at the age of 17, he joined Arsenal for a fee of £500,000. In 1997-98 he was a key player in Arsenal's Premiership and FA Cup double success that season, scoring. the second goal in Arsenal's 2-0 win over Newcastle United in that season's FA Cup final.
A player with exceptional pace and finishing ability, in 1998-99 he won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award, and was eventually transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 1999, for £22.3m. In all he made 90 appearances for Arsenal scoring 28 goals and establishing himself as a top class striker. Anelka spent just one season at Real Madrid, and played in the side that won the European Cup final, beating Valencia 3-0. But, scoring only four goals in 29 appearances, he left in the summer of 2000, for a second spell at Paris St-Germain.
After one season, Anelka returned to the English Premiership, signing a one-year loan deal with Liverpool but at the end of the season joined newly promoted Manchester City the £12 million fee - then a club record. In his three seasons at Manchester City, he scored freely, but on January 27, 2005, moved on to Turkish club Fenerbahçe. On August 25 2006, he was back in the Premiership as Bolton Wanderers paid another club record of £8m bringing his total combined transfer fees to approximately £69.8 million. As of March 2006, Nicolas Anelka has won 31 caps for France, scoring seven goals.
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