Nicolas Anelka

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A club record £8million buy from Turkish club Fenerbahce, who he joined from Manchester City, the France international striker will provide pace and movement to the Bolton forward line. Moved to City from Paris St Germain in June 2002 after a spell on loan with Liverpool. With City he proved to English fans that he is still a lethal finisher by hitting 14 Premier League goals in his first season and 16 in 2003/04. He fired Arsenal to the Premier League and FA Cup double in 1998 and also helped Real Madrid to the Champions League title in 2000.

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Assistant first-team coach Ray Wilkins believes Chelsea provided the perfect response to their doubters with Sunday's 2-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. The Blues bounced back from a below-par display in a 3-1 Champions League defeat to AS Roma last week courtesy of two strikes from Nicolas Anelka. The three-point haul also sent the London club back to the top of the Premier... [more»]

Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka sees no reason why he can't form a successful striking partnership with Didier Drogba. Both men appear to prefer playing as a lone striker and Anelka has already found the net eight times in a season in which Drogba has spent most of the time injured. Anelka grabbed a hat-trick in the 5-0 victory against Sunderland while Ivory Coast international Drogba came on... [more»]

Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was delighted to go into the international break at the top of the table after watching his side produce a sublime display to beat in-form Aston Villa 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. First-half goals by Joe Cole and Nicolas Anelka meant the result of the game was never in doubt, even though both players had to be substituted after picking up injuries later... [more»]

Chelsea head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has hailed Blues striker Nicolas Anelka as one of the best players in the world. The 29-year-old France international is set to be pressed into a lone striker role again in the absence of the injured Didier Drogba, with Scolari admitting that he needs gee Anelka up sometimes. He said: "Anelka is one of the best players in the world, but he is a man who is... [more»]

Luiz Felipe Scolari claimed Chelsea 'did not play very well' despite opening their Champions League campaign with a 4-0 rout of Bordeaux. Frank Lampard and Joe Cole fired the Blues into a first-half lead before further late strikes from Florent Malouda and Nicolas Anelka completed the scoring. But afterwards Scolari was far from content with the performance in his first Champions League game... [more»]