WEST BROM STRIKER Nicolas Anelka has suggested that he will contest the Football Association charge over his controversial ‘quenelle’ gesture.
West Brom striker Anelka is facing a minimum five-match ban after the FA opted to act on the salute he performed when scoring in a 3-3 draw with West Ham last month.
The Frenchman has repeatedly denied his celebration held anti-Semitic connotations and he reinforced that point again in a message on his official Facebook page today, which appeared to suggest that he is ready to contest the FA’s decision.
Referring to a video that he had earlier posted on Twitter, in which prominent Jewish leader Roger Cukierman — president of the Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France and vice-president of the World Jewish Congress — argued that Anelka’s use of the ‘quenelle’ was not worthy of a hefty punishment, the 34-year-old requested for the charge against him to be dropped.
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“I ask the English Federation to kindly remove the charges alleged against me. And I repeat, I am not anti-Semitic or racist,” said Anelka.
Anelka set to fight FA on 'quenelle' charge
WEST BROM STRIKER Nicolas Anelka has suggested that he will contest the Football Association charge over his controversial ‘quenelle’ gesture.
West Brom striker Anelka is facing a minimum five-match ban after the FA opted to act on the salute he performed when scoring in a 3-3 draw with West Ham last month.
The Frenchman has repeatedly denied his celebration held anti-Semitic connotations and he reinforced that point again in a message on his official Facebook page today, which appeared to suggest that he is ready to contest the FA’s decision.
Referring to a video that he had earlier posted on Twitter, in which prominent Jewish leader Roger Cukierman — president of the Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France and vice-president of the World Jewish Congress — argued that Anelka’s use of the ‘quenelle’ was not worthy of a hefty punishment, the 34-year-old requested for the charge against him to be dropped.
“I ask the English Federation to kindly remove the charges alleged against me. And I repeat, I am not anti-Semitic or racist,” said Anelka.
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