The former French international Nicolas Anelka has used Facebook and Twitter to ask the English Football Association to drop charges against him for his quenelle salute and has again denied he's anti-Semitic or racist.
The West Bromwich Albion striker has until Friday morning New Zealand time to respond to the charge that he made an improper gesture.
The FA could ban him for a minimum of five matches, or even more.
The 34-year-old maintains the gesture he made after scoring the first of his two goals in West Brom's 3-3 draw at West Ham on December the 28th was not anti-Semitic, but instead a tribute to his French comedian friend Dieudonne M'Bala M'Bala who invented it.
He wants to call a witness who is an expert in French language and culture who is living in France to put his gesture into context for the FA.
He has used both his social media outlets to defend himself and has a link to a video clip on the Le Figaro website that shows an interview with Roger Cukierman, president of the CRIF, the council representing Jewish institutions in France, saying he did not think Anelka's action was anti-Semitic.
