From the training center of
Paris Saint-GermainNicolas Anelka made his professional debut for the capital club during the 1995-1996 season. Barred at the time by players such as Raí, Dely Valdés and Patrice Loko, the young striker then decided to join the Gunners for the second half of the 1996-1997 financial year.
However, the French international has always kept an unwavering link with PSG. “I always came, whether to the Parc des Princes or the Camp des Loges. Even when I was at other clubs, or when I signed for Manchester City, I often came back to see the young people at Camp des Loges”he confided during an interview given to PSG TV.
Anelka and PSG, it’s for life
After
a complicated season at Real Madridthe native of Chesnay returned to PSG during the summer of 2000. Headliner of the “suburban-PlayStation” project, the striker did not achieve a winning return, scoring only 18 goals in 57 matches, in all competitions confused, during this second passage.
The rest of his career, however, was far from being a failure.
“I have always kept this connection with PSGcontinues Anelka. This is my training club. Basically, I am a PSG supporter. It’s a very, very strong bond. I trained here, I started as a professional here. It will stay engraved. »