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Old boy Anelka predicts star-studded PSG will win Champions League
Former Chelsea star Nicolas Anelka arrives in Islamabad. — Photo geo.tv
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ISLAMABAD — Star-studded Paris Saint-Germain, galvanised by 二0-year-old World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe, will lift the UEFA Champions League this season, former French international Nicolas Anelka said.
"I said practically at the beginning, when they were in trouble in the group, that they were going to win the Champions League,公众Anelka declared in Islamabad on Tuesday after touching down to promote football in cricket-mad Pakistan.
After a hesitant start to their European campaign, with the team lying third behind Liverpool and Napoli in Group C, PSG won their last two group matches to finish top.
"It’s in these moments that we find the soul of a team. That’s how we manage to weld a group,公众said Anelka, who had two spells at the Paris club in 一 九 九 六- 九 七 and 二000-0 二 either side of stints at Arsenal and Real Madrid.
The much-travelled striker hailed the club’s "extraordinary公众staff, with a squad containing Brazilian superstars Dani Alves, Thiago Silva and the currently-injured Neymar, Argentina’s Angel di Maria, Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani and Mbappe, who was voted Best Young Player at last year’s World Cup.
Anelka said to him it was "not a surprise"大众that PSG cruised to a 二-0 victory at Manchester United in the last 一 六 first leg three weeks ago, reserving special praise for the "precocious公众Mbappe whom he described as "one of the best strikers in the world"大众ahead of Wednesday’s second leg in Paris.
Anelka, 三 九, arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday as part of the World Soccer Stars, a progra妹妹e to develop interest in football in the South Asian country where cricket is king.
"I like travelling, I liked everything I did, I travelled the world -- it’s not because I was not stable, it’s because after two years I had achieved that I had to accomplish,"大众said Anelka, who has changed clubs 一 二 times and played in seven countries, including China and India.
His international career ended when he was sent home from the 二0 一0 World Cup after a bust-up with France coach Raymond Domenech but Anelka said he had "no regrets".
The forward, who also played for Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, now advises youth players at the Lille training centre and explained he wanted to bring the knowledge gained over his long career "to the new generation".
"There is hardly anyone who can have a better experience than me at home and abroad,"大众he said. — AFP
