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When I left Arsenal I never said I didn't like England. I was very young and my problems were all in my head.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Arsenal
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In Spain you can't do anything. If you drive, everyone recognises you; at a restaurant you have paparazzi outside.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Paparazzi
Spain
Recognises
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All I've ever wanted is to improve myself and become the best, which is the reason I joined Real in the first place.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
First Place
Joined
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I have been impressed by Carlo Ancelotti, Kevin Keegan, Arsene Wenger, Guus Hiddink, Christoph Daum and Sam Allardyce.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Impressed
Sam
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Honestly, when someone speaks to me about Juventus I try to change the subject immediately. I'm ashamed of the transfer!
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Ashamed
Speaks
Transfer
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The one thing I can tell you is that I can't stand the English press, who cause me enormous problems on a personal level.
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Enormous
Cause
Personal Level
Press
The One Thing
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In football you need to be versatile sometimes, because the most important thing is to win games and enjoy your football.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Versatile
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I don't care about wages or fees, I just want to improve my football, which is a side to me that the fans aren't aware of.
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Fees
Wages
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When the chance came to join a great club like Liverpool, I weighed up my options and it was obviously the best move for me.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Liverpool
Best Great Chance
Club
Join
Obviously
Options
Weighed
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I think Martin Keown was the toughest. I liked playing against him in training because I knew it was just like a game situation.
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Situation
Training
Liked
Martin
Toughest
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It seems that Gerard Houllier did not appreciate my personality. It bothers him to have someone around who could stand up to him.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Appreciate
Bothers
Stand Up
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Nowhere is the same as England and that's why so many players want to come over here. That is why I would like to finish my career over here.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Nowhere
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For me the most important is on the pitch, I don't like too much speaking in the press. I will do the minimum. I will do it because I have to do it.
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Minimum
Me Important Will
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When I left Arsenal, it was because I had done everything there and a big club like Real Madrid wanted me and even David Beckham couldn't turn them down.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Arsenal
Beckham
Madrid
Real Madrid
David
Club
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If one day I have to go to war, straight away right next to me, on the front line, I would put Patrice Evra. And there aren't many that I would put there.
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War Me Day
Front Line
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Sometimes to rest, even to watch your team-mates from the bench, is not too bad. It is part of the game and you try to be fresh when you come on the pitch.
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Bench
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I like to walk down the street in England and just be myself but I could never do that in Spain. In Manchester I can walk down Deansgate and not be troubled.
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Manchester
Spain
Troubled
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I have always been proud and happy to wear France's colours. I have always been respectful of the team. But I need people to prove they really want me to play.
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France
Prove
Respectful
Me People Happy
Always Me People
Colours
Me People Always
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I have been obsessed with the local cultures during my previous trips to the likes of Korea Republic, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese Hong Kong and Macau.
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Hong Kong
Japan
Malaysia
Republic
Thailand
Cultures
Previous
Trips
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A lot of youngsters want to be footballers and a lot dont make it. It is very difficult but if your education is good and you work hard and do everything the best way, then why not?
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Best Way
Why Not
Youngsters
Education Best Work
Footballers
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I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by the same principles - being righteous, having values.
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Conversion
Fraternal
Islam
Righteous
Sixteen
Life Change My Life
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When I was playing for Chelsea and Arsenal, we had a young team but also experienced players. You still have space for the youngsters to play, they just have to be strong mentally to compete every week.
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Arsenal
Chelsea
Youngsters
Mentally
Be Strong
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Why didn't I stay at Liverpool after having achieved what I wanted to do: to play, score, and of course to relaunch my career? I cannot answer that. It is better to put the question to Gerard Houllier because I really wanted to stay.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Liverpool
Achieved
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In football there are lots of origins, cultures, religions and no one feels left out. We all play together and we are all friends. Supporters see that and feel part of the same family, especially in England where you feel very welcome.
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Welcome
Cultures
Religions
Origins
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With hindsight, if you want to play for Real Madrid, sacrifices need to be made but I was too young to understand. There are things I shouldn't have said or done. It was early in my career, maybe too early. I didn't know it was the only Champions League I'd win, for example.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Champions League
Hindsight
Madrid
Real Madrid
Champions
Sacrifices
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I used to fast during Ramadan because I admired the people fasting around me. What made me convert was that I had that certainty that Islam was for me. I felt this relationship with God, and that enlightened my life. I had that conviction in my heart that that was my religion.
Nicolas Anelka / Soccer Player
Relationship
Certainty
Enlightened
Fasting
Felt
Islam
Life God Religion
Life God Relationship
Admired
Convert
Fast
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