West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka banned for five matches for 'quenelle' gesture Nicolas Anelka has been banned for five games and fined £80,000 after being found guilty of aggravated misconduct. An independent regulatory commission ruled the West Brom striker was guilty of breaching the Football Association's code of conduct
when he celebrated a goal at West Ham in December by making the gesture.And the panel upheld the FA's charge that his rule breach
"included a reference to ethnic origin and/or race and/or religion or belief."Anelka has been ordered to attend an education programme and will miss games against Manchester United, Swansea, Hull, Cardiff and Norwich at a time
when Albion are fighting relegation from the Premier League.
The 34-year-old, who denied the charge,
has seven days to appeal a suspension which is the minimum penalty for such an offence.The
'quenelle' gesture, popularised by a French comedian and friend of Anelka, has been linked with anti-Semitism by some French politicians.But the commission made it clear it "did not find that Nicolas Anelka is an anti-Semite or that he intended to express or promote anti-Semitism by his use of the quenelle."
And Anelka has always maintained his actions were "anti-establishment" rather than motivated by race or religion.
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