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The 23-year-old has been in tremendous form for City this season and has scored seven times for City since his £13 million move to Maine Road in the summer.
Anelka was recently refused permission to play in France in a friendly, staged to raise money for those hit by floods in South East France, because Kevin Keegan wanted him in his side for the Worthington Cup tie at Wigan.
France: Fabien Barthez (Manchester United), Gregory Coupet (Lyon); Jeremy Brechet (Lyon), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea), William Gallas (Chelsea), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Lilian Thuram (Juventus); Eric Carriere (Lyon), Olivier Kapo (Auxerre), Claude Makelele (Real Madrid), Emmanuel Petit (Chelsea), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid); Sidney Govou (Lyon), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Steve Marlet (Fulham), Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)