and apparently might retire. Wtf?!? Grr, fecking Telegraph has gone paywall.
http://inagist.com/all/370555526993940480/
http://inagist.com/all/370555526993940480/
Anelka at West Brom | Sleeve Touching/Homage/Hate Swipe Controversy
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Feel for those guys with him in their FF team.
Christ that guy has had more clubs than I have had hot dinners.
What on Earth?
what a dickPut a spanner in the works on my Fantasy Team. What an idiot.
A sulk from the first day of his career, to his last. Ahh well, at least he's consistent.
I thought the days of being Le Sulk were long gone? Shit for West Brom, who had a lot of hopes for the new season pinned on him I imagine...
Time to make a fantasy team transfer.
Time to make a fantasy team transfer.
I think he's brilliant
Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski 1m #wba confirm that Anelka will not be involved in Saturday’s game. The club have excused the striker from club duty on compassionate grounds.
Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski 13s #wba insist Anelka has NOT retired. I understand his agent has died - which has hit him badly. What the future holds, we'll see
I have no idea how to embed tweets.
Chris Lepkowski @chrislepkowski 13s #wba insist Anelka has NOT retired. I understand his agent has died - which has hit him badly. What the future holds, we'll see
I have no idea how to embed tweets.
What were they thinking of by signing him in the first place ?
?I shall wait to see his reasons for getting annoyed with him. I'd much prefer if he's decided he just can't be bothered with it that he retires now rather than bleeding out a year of his wages. That said it appears he hasn't fully retired. Club says excused from saturday's game based on compassionate grounds, so we'll see. Seem's like it may be a personal issue.
Perfect excuse to post this masterpiece in marketing -
I think it hits him at 0:44
"What have I done?!"
The Telegraph saying that there may have been a personal tragedy in his life.
Yep, that's ruined the mood.
Yeah, Claude Anelka.
What a dick I am
Why would that make him clear out his locker rather than just shoot off to be with his family?
The loss of a family member affects everyone differently.
WBA site just says that he's been excused from their next game on compassionate grounds.
RIP to his brother if this is true.To be honest, that's piss poor reporting from SSN.
I was going to make a Paul Stretford joke before someone mentioned that it was Anelka's brother. That's very depressing.
Sky have fecked up massively if its actually true his brother has died
Stupid twitter and SSN.
RIP to his brother/agent if he has died.
RIP to his brother/agent if he has died.
Agreed, but just thought for most the instinct would be to get to where you need to be. Not sure how the story escalated to him quitting and/or retiring.
Oh Sky Sports, I was amused 5 minutes ago. Now I feel like a Cnut.
I would presume he was seen leaving training midway through or something and the story escalated that he quit from there.
Now it might be an agent who isn't his brother.
On a lighter note, look at my newfound Tweet embedding skills.
Steve Madeley: To clarify, Anelka's absence follows the death of his agent but the person concerned is not one of his brothers. #wba
This will be the right information.
This will be the right information.
First, fast, feck the facts.
Sky have now back tracked
So in the category of 'the press happily make shit up all the time', in the short time the false story about his retirement was alive, we had one outlet quoting him as being 'crushingly disappointed' to have joined WBA, and one claiming that he had a row with a coach and stormed out of training.
Seems legit, British press.
Seems legit, British press.
Idiots at Sky.
If it's his brother, I can understand... it's not like he's young anymore, and at his age, he might as well call it quit
Not respectful to WBA, but understandable.
Not respectful to WBA, but understandable.