ISL 2018-19: 5 former Premier League stars who you didn't know played in the Indian Super League

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The fifth season of the Hero ISL kicks off this Saturday

#2 Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea v Spartak Moscow - UEFA Champions League
Anelka played for 5 different Premier League clubs in his career

Nicolas Anelka, who was one of the first signings of Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, was a player who had all the ability to succeed as an attacker in the Premier League.

He was quick, good in the air and clinical. But if one thing got in his way, it was his inability to properly settle in at a new club. In his professional career, he became one of the most transferred players in recent years, with him changing clubs 12 times in 19 years.

He won the Premier League with Chelsea and even won the Golden Boot once in the 2008-09 season. But it was all downfall from there. After unsuccessful spells at China, Italy, he joined up with the newly formed Mumbai City in the first-ever ISL season.

It was with Mumbai that he would play his last professional match in 2015, where he would also play the role of a player-manager in his last season there.

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Edited by Glenn Joseph
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