IMO Conte agreed to this transfer bacause he takes what he can get. Against Lazio we were in trouble up front, we lacked forwards. Only Matri was at 100%. We had to play Marchisio in attack and that was just terrible. It was Coppa, so there wasn't much fuss about it. For Genoa game the situation isn't much better. Quag, Gio and Vucinic still aren't fully recovered, and youngster Beltrame is called up again. Anyone at Conte's place would accept Anelka transfer, even a transfer of a worse player then Anelka. Celtic match is approaching...