{"id":10848,"date":"2011-12-11T10:45:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T10:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/anelka-agrees-shanghai-transfer\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T10:45:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T10:45:49","slug":"anelka-agrees-shanghai-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/11\/anelka-agrees-shanghai-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Anelka &#8216;agrees&#8217; Shanghai transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"64.455918168534\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/8f3757184986_anelka.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Nicolas Anelka\" \/> Anelka&#8217;s camp is discussing image rights with Shanghai Shenhua<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua say Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has agreed to join them.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old&#8217;s advisors have been in talks with the club, who are also expected to recruit former France midfielder Jean Tigana as manager.<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai spokesman Ma Yue did not reveal the fee but said Anelka could start playing in January &#8220;if all contract details are 100% confirmed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Anelka was Avram Grant&#8217;s first signing at Stamford Bridge in January 2008.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>SPOTLIGHT ON SHENHUA<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Shanghai was the first football club in China that was independent from the government<\/li>\n<li>Well-known former players from Europe include Ruben Sosa, Carsten Jancker and Jorg Albertz<\/li>\n<li>Former Crystal Palace, Dundee and Cardiff player Fan Zhiyi began his career there in the mid-nineties<\/li>\n<li>Their Hongkou Stadium has a capacity of 35,000 and staged the final of the 2007 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The French striker joined <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/c\/chelsea\/7175749.stm\">in a \u00a315m switch<\/a> from Bolton and has scored 59 goals in 185 appearances for the London club.<\/p>\n<p>But he has fallen out of the first-team picture having scored only once in 15 games this season, with manager Andre Villas-Boas favouring Didier Drogba, Daniel Sturridge and Fernando Torres.<\/p>\n<p>Anelka and Chelsea team-mate Alex were told by Villas-Boas last week they will no longer train with the first-team squad <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/16018866.stm\">after handing in transfer requests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The striker would be a free agent next summer, allowing him to sign a pre-contract agreement with a club from January.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>ANELKA&#8217;S \u00a386.8m TRANSFERS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Feb 97: <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> (\u00a30.5m)<\/li>\n<li>Aug 99: <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> (\u00a322.3m)<\/li>\n<li>Jul 00: <strong>PSG<\/strong> (\u00a322m)<\/li>\n<li>Jun 02: <strong>Man City<\/strong> (\u00a312m)<\/li>\n<li>Jan 05: <strong>Fenerbahce<\/strong> (\u00a37m)<\/li>\n<li>Aug 06: <strong>Bolton<\/strong> (\u00a38m)<\/li>\n<li>Jan 08: <strong>Chelsea<\/strong> (\u00a315m)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Chinese club was previously called Shanghai Football Club but, in 1993, was re-organised and became a professional football club. 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