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Nicolas Anelka: Life at Actual Madrid was a nightmare

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Former Actual Madrid striker Nicolas Anelka has sensationally lifted the lid on his transient spell within the Spanish capital.

Anelka accomplished a shock change to Los Blancos forward of the 1999/2000 season, after netting 17 league objectives within the earlier marketing campaign, as Arsenal received a Premier League and FA Cup double.

His type for the Gunners alerted Actual Madrid on his rise as among the best younger strikers in Europe.

Nonetheless, regardless of excessive hopes of replicating that in Madrid, the previous France worldwide struggled to indicate his finest model.

Anelka has incessantly criticised media intrusion into his life in Spain – as he failed to attain a objective in his first 5 months on the membership – earlier than leaving after only one season.

He returned to Paris Saint-Germain forward of 2000/01 – the membership he left Arsenal for in 1997 – and he opened up on his points in Madrid as a part of a brand new Netflix documentary Anelka: Misunderstood.

Wenger, Henry, Drogba, Petit, Pogba and – *after all* – Nicolas Anelka, speaking about Nicolas Anelka? Oui. Très bon. Anelka: Misunderstood arrives on Netflix on 5 August. pic.twitter.com/dg1xXIbBbT

— Netflix UK & Eire (@NetflixUK) July 22, 2020

“I understood what it meant to be a star after I arrived at Actual Madrid, and I hated it,” he mentioned.

“After being greeted on the airport by followers and journalists, I assumed: ‘What am I doing right here?’ That is too laborious. It was the start of a nightmare.

“I felt a whole lot of strain from the beginning. On daily basis within the Spanish press there was an article or a photograph about me.

“I might have preferred to attain extra, however I didn’t have the possibility, and I didn’t measure up. Too many issues occurred. Partly, I do remorse it. Gamers all the time wish to play for Actual Madrid.

“There have been too many sacrifices to make and I used to be too younger to grasp.”

Anelka left Madrid with seven objectives scored in all competitions in 1999/00, however he did safe a UEFA Champions League winners medal, as he began in Actual Madrid’s 3-0 ultimate win over Valencia.





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