Nicolas Anelka may have left West Brom six months ago, but the controversy that led to his sacking is still following him. Anelka signed up to the new Indian Super League on Monday, and on Tuesday afternoon his new club Mumbai City took to Twitter to welcome their high-profile striker. But the Indian side attempted to remove Anelka's time in the West Midlands from the history books, listing his former clubs only until his departure from Juventus, where he spent six months on loan. Mumbai City's tweet subtly removed Anelka's time at West Brom from his list of clubs. It was soon deleted . The quenelle gesture performed by Nicolas Anelka in December 2013 led to his sacking by West Brom . The tweet, which also ignored Anelka's time with Shanghai Shenhua, presented the French striker as a combination of speed and firepower, and was deleted soon after. Anelka was sacked by West Brom in March 2014 after performing the controversial 'quenelle' gesture whilst celebrating a goal against West Ham three months earlier. The gesture is widely accepted to be anti-semitic, and although Anelka denied that he intended it to be understood as such, he was given a five-match ban from football which he is yet to serve. Former France international Nicolas Anelka scored two goals in his eleven games for West Brom . Nicolas Anelka's time at Shanghai Shenua was also missed out on the tweet welcoming the striker .
Nicolas Anelka joined West Brom in the summer of 2013 .
Former Arsenal and Real Madrid striker scored two goals for the club .
Contract was terminated after controversial 'quenelle' gesture .
Mumbai tweet Anelka graphic to welcome their new signing with a list of his former clubs, but missing out West Brom .
Club delete the tweet soon after .
Nicolas Anelka may have left West Brom six months ago, but the controversy that led to his sacking is still following him. Anelka signed up to the new Indian Super League on Monday, and on Tuesday afternoon his new club Mumbai City took to Twitter to welcome their high-profile striker. But the Indian side attempted to remove Anelka's time in the West Midlands from the history books, listing his former clubs only until his departure from Juventus, where he spent six months on loan. Mumbai City's tweet subtly removed Anelka's time at West Brom from his list of clubs. It was soon deleted . The quenelle gesture performed by Nicolas Anelka in December 2013 led to his sacking by West Brom . The tweet, which also ignored Anelka's time with Shanghai Shenhua, presented the French striker as a combination of speed and firepower, and was deleted soon after. Anelka was sacked by West Brom in March 2014 after performing the controversial 'quenelle' gesture whilst celebrating a goal against West Ham three months earlier. The gesture is widely accepted to be anti-semitic, and although Anelka denied that he intended it to be understood as such, he was given a five-match ban from football which he is yet to serve. Former France international Nicolas Anelka scored two goals in his eleven games for West Brom . Nicolas Anelka's time at Shanghai Shenua was also missed out on the tweet welcoming the striker .
afternoon his new club Mumbai City took to Twitter to welcome their high-profile striker. listing his former clubs only until his departure at West Brom from his list of clubs. It was soon deleted . The quenelle gesture performed by speed and firepower, and was deleted soon after. after performing the controversial 'quenelle' international Nicolas Anelka scored two goals in the tweet welcoming the striker .