Nico is China-bound - official

Nicolas Anelka is heading leaving SW6 and heading to China. The French striker who handed in a transfer request and was subsequently banished from all first-team activity by Andre Villas-Boas will join Shanghai Shenua in January. The deal is expected to be for three years. Anelka, 31, joined Chelsea in January 2008 for £18 million and was Avram Grant's first signing for the Blues.