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Mon 11 Nov 2009Anelka refuses to be deflected from final aim
LEST THE younger members of the French squad forget, a giant statue of the World Cup sits in front of the media centre at Clairefontaine, headquarters of the national football association and the academy that has nurtured and developed a wealth of French talent for 20 years.
One former pupil, Nicolas Anelka, stole a glance at the trophy as he ambled in to his appointment with the press yesterday evening, the squad having returned from Dublin to its base 35 miles south-west of Paris.
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