Complex sentence: However, Anelka has laughingly claimed the gesture is anti-establishment, not anti-Semitic, despite the fact that he is firm friends with M'bala and having intimate knowledge of his act and the offence it causes.
Split into simpler sentences: However, Anelka has laughingly claimed the gesture is anti-establishment, not anti-Semitic. Despite being best friends with M'bala and having intimate knowledge of his act and the offence it causes.