been sent home from South Africa following a dressing-room bust-up with Raymond Domenech.Reports suggest the Chelsea striker became embroiled in an expletive-filled exchange with the national coach during the half-time interval of France's 2-0 defeat to Mexico on Thursday.
It is claimed that Anelka reacted angrily to seeing his first-half performance questioned by Domenech.
Having vented his spleen in the direction of his manager, the experienced frontman was subsequently hauled off at the interval.
Once the spat became public knowledge, calls for Anelka to be removed from the squad began circulating.
Anelka admitted having a "heated discussion" with the coach at half-time of the goalless draw with Mexico on Thursday, but denied a report in L'Equipe that he had told Domenech "go screw yourself, dirty son of a whore".
"I certainly had a heated discussion with the coach but it happened in the sanctity of the dressing room, between the coach and I, in front of my team-mates and the team's staff.
"This should never have left the dressing room," Anelka told France-Soir newspaper.
"I insist that the words which have come out in the press are not my words," he said, although he declined to reveal exactly what he had said.
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