Anelka threatens to leave Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua

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French striker Nicolas Anelka has threatened to leave Shanghai Shenhua, a state-backed newspaper said on Monday, in a sign relations with his Chinese club may have soured.

Speaking in an interview with the Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai's main evening newspaper, Anelka criticised a lack of support from the club.

Anelka said he was basically serving as head coach and would find it difficult to accept someone taking over his responsibilities.

"If there is still no one to support me and (they) continue to play little tricks behind my back... then I will quickly decide whether or not to retire," he said, in comments published by the newspaper in Chinese.

Anelka, the most high-profile foreign footballer to sign for the Chinese league, joined Shenhua in January on a two-year contract for a reported salary of 234,000 euros ($307,000) a week.

Shenhua now rests near the bottom of the standings in China's Super League.