Nicolas Anelka has told his manager Steve Clarke that he wants to quit football.
The bombshell came hours after the West Bromwich Albion striker was granted indefinite compassionate leave after his agent, Eric Manasse, died
earlier this week.
Amid dramatic scenes at the club's training ground on Thursday, the former France international reportedly cleared out his locker and collected his boots before informing the club of his decision to call it a day.
Anelka has returned to his residence in London rather than back to France after being given time off.
Speaking in his press conference ahead of Saturday's trip to Everton, Clarke said: 'Obviously Nicolas lost a close friend and an agent over the weekend - he died suddenly. Nicolas went to Richard (Garlick) on Thursday and indicated that he wasn't in a good place.
'I went in and had a very brief chat with him, and he wasn't in a good place. So the club have decided just to give him a bit of time to go away and think about it and get himself in a better place for the future.
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