Nasri claims that it's a gesture 'against the system'. What he doesn't explain is that according to Dieudonne 'the system' is the Jewish bankers and Jewish media who control everything.
Dieudonne is not a fringe comedian. He's well known, as are his antisemitic opinions. He has been convicted seven times for racial incitement against Jews It is no coincidence that the Quenelle is time and time again made while standing next to synagogues, Holocaust memorials and Jewish personalities.
A picture of the Blues midfielder making the controversial 'quenelle' sign emerged 24 hours after fellow Frenchman Nicolas Anelka caused outrage when he used the gesture in a goal celebration.
The gesture was created in 2004 by French comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, a friend of West Brom striker Anelka, who claims it is anti-establishment and not racist.
The picture of Nasri was taken around six weeks ago at City's Carrington training ground.
It features Nasri and a man thought to be a friend of Dieudonne and was posted on a Facebook page created in support of two French soldiers who were sanctioned for making the sign in front of a Paris synagogue.
However after the picture was widely shared on social media, Nasri today used his official Twitter feed to refute the suggestion it had anti-Semitic connotations saying it represented 'being against the stsytem.
He told his more than 1.8 million followers in a series of tweets:
"The pose in the picture i posted over 2 months ago symbolises being against the system.
"Its has absolutely nothing to do with being anti semitic or against jewish people. I apologise for causing any hurt to anyone who might have
"...been mislead into thinking this means anything of that nature."
More: Manchester Evening News
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