Black History Month: Anelka the Misunderstood Nicholas Anelka had a helluva career, but unfortunately people always focused on the negative. Let’s discuss it all. Share this story “Baby, you understand me now? If sometimes you see that I’m mad Don’tcha know that no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But oh, I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood” When Nina Simone sang those lyrics from her legendary hit “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” it’s almost like she wrote those lyrics for athletes that people took the wrong impression from. One of those players is French forward Nicolas Anelka. He was a talented player, but always seemed to find his way into controversy, whether it was on the club level or for the national team.