Nicolas Anelka has admitted he is still waiting for a 'big' club to come calling.
The French international only signed a new long-term contract with Bolton in August - but the former Arsenal, Liverpool and Real Madrid star still has his heart set on a move back to one of the Europe's big hitters.
Ambition
"Of course I still have ambition," he said in the Guardian.
"It's a long time that I have been waiting for a big club. I'm not about to hide it; it's the truth. I know my game and I know my qualities.
"I know all the players who are at Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Barcelona and I know I'm at their level.
"I've played with them and I know I don't have anything less than them. It's just the fact that I have to play and wait, I have to have a lot of patience. I've been waiting so there it is."
Character
Anelka insists that there is no problem with his character and he does not why people keep questioning it.
"I know that there are still lots of people who say that my character is bizarre or I don't know what," he added.
"But you have to ask the people who have been with me.
"If you ask Sam Allardyce, who brought me here to Bolton, if you ask him about my character, he'll tell you. If you ask Sammy Lee, Arsene Wenger, people who've known me, they'll tell you there's no problem."
Can't see him being at Bolton much longer, could well be off in January methinks. Not sure where but he's too good for them
The French international only signed a new long-term contract with Bolton in August - but the former Arsenal, Liverpool and Real Madrid star still has his heart set on a move back to one of the Europe's big hitters.
Ambition
"Of course I still have ambition," he said in the Guardian.
"It's a long time that I have been waiting for a big club. I'm not about to hide it; it's the truth. I know my game and I know my qualities.
"I know all the players who are at Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Barcelona and I know I'm at their level.
"I've played with them and I know I don't have anything less than them. It's just the fact that I have to play and wait, I have to have a lot of patience. I've been waiting so there it is."
Character
Anelka insists that there is no problem with his character and he does not why people keep questioning it.
"I know that there are still lots of people who say that my character is bizarre or I don't know what," he added.
"But you have to ask the people who have been with me.
"If you ask Sam Allardyce, who brought me here to Bolton, if you ask him about my character, he'll tell you. If you ask Sammy Lee, Arsene Wenger, people who've known me, they'll tell you there's no problem."
Can't see him being at Bolton much longer, could well be off in January methinks. Not sure where but he's too good for them
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