West Bromwich Albion's Nicolas Anelka looks on during their English Premier League soccer match against Everton at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich, central England January 20, 2014. REUTERS/Darren Staples
PARIS (Reuters) - Former West Bromwich Albion forward Nicolas Anelka, who was handed a five-match ban for an alleged anti-Semitic gesture and sacked by his club, reiterated on Friday he is neither anti-Semitic nor racist.
The Frenchman, who made the "quenelle" gesture described as an inverted Nazi salute in a match in December, claimed it was a tribute to his French comedian friend Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala who invented it.
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