If Manchester United had paid 18 million for him (in 2000), theyd still have to pay wages. And I love it. I would think that I'm playing against the best players in the world and would love that I could master them, control them and nullify them. Yet if that was awkward, Dein was relishing his chance to wrongfoot the press corps. A subsequent get-together, attended by agent Andrew, at the offices of Buchler-Phillips in Londons Mayfair was rather more tense with recently appointed executive vice-chairman Levy feeling his way into an unfamiliar role apparently indicating he might be able to stretch to 60,000 a week on new terms. Arsenal report: London rivals' captain to join and repeat Sol Campbell trick from two decades ago Arsenal may repeat their Sol Campbell masterstroke in the [93] The game ended 22 after extra time, and England lost the penalty shoot-out.[93]. He felt very awkward indeed, embarrassed about leaving, whether it was to us or anyone else, because hed spent the best part of 10 years at the club. The final score in that semi-final against Spurs back in April may have been tight at 2-1, but there had been a very evident gulf in quality between the two teams. [26] The club's lack of progress in the league, his poor relationship with recent managers and the club's lack of support during the assault case left Campbell feeling disillusioned with Spurs. We were approached by every top club in world football, says Andrew. At that time, Barcelona were not at the top of their game. Instead, with each passing day and his intransigence to moving entrenched, Campbells market value effectively dropped. [109] Under Campbell, Macclesfield finished 22nd in League Two, three points above the bottom two relegation places. Not everyones going to like you, he says. We were all pretty shocked. [75] It was announced he would wear the number 31 shirt. Perhaps a little more guarded with his words than he used to be, given the way he has been burned in the past. I saw Sol in the dressing-room and said, What are you lying about? It had been obvious when he didnt turn up for pre-season that he wasnt going to be with us anymore, but none of us knew he was going across the road to Arsenal. There are plenty out there who would not mourn this in the slightest. Campbell added value to the outgoing regime. That is what I would have done once Id sussed out what he was up to stuck him in the reserves, he adds. Yes, we all thought it was for Wright. [72] He walked out on the club three days later, and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 24 September. One is Campbells insistence that Southend will continue to play from the back, despite coming unstuck against Oxford when a calamitous attempt to pass out of defence saw them concede after 52 seconds. Kevin Joseph Campbell (born 4 February 1970) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and co-commentator. Others sensed the same. On taking charge at the League One club in October, he quickly identified the players diet as one immediate area for improvement and banned ketchup and fizzy drinks from the canteen. No hes come from Tottenham (Photo: Getty), Dein had already telephoned Levy at Tottenham, as a courtesy, earlier in the day. [51] Arsenal again finished second in the league and won the FA Cup final at Manchester United's expense, though Campbell was an unused substitute in the match. He won his second cap in England's 20 group stage match against Scotland, again as a substitute. Im just saying, personally, it would have been very difficult for me to go and play for Tottenham.. WebVan Persie. 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But, once the situation shifted and it was legal for him to talk to interested parties, he could take part.. Barcelona offered the biggest deal, says Andrew. (Other contributors: Daniel Taylor and Philip Buckingham). The defenders attempt to run off the injury was curtailed almost immediately. Does he reckon that blithe self-confidence was ever mistaken for arrogance? [42], The 200203 season saw Arsenal exit the Champions League at the group stage, but remained on course for a retention of the Double as they reached the final of the FA Cup. It was a lot bigger than it had been for the rest of the team. Sylvain Wiltord, Sylvinho and Robert Pires were thwarted by his challenges. A centre-back, he spent 20 years playing in the Premier League and had an 11-year international career with the England national team. But that happens in life, he says. He spent nine years at Spurs, scoring 10 goals in 255 appearances, and captaining the team to victory in the 1999 Football League Cup Final against Leicester City. He left the country and spent a week with a friend in Brussels as he reflected on his life. Chart all the public utterances on Campbells future over the last few years of his Tottenham career, whether offered up by the man himself or club officials, and the underlying sense around negotiations is actually one of inertia. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Ledley King replaced him in hindsight, a significant changing of the guard and the distraught England international hobbled down the touchline and away. This is the sort of form that did for Campbells predecessor, Kevin Bond, and unless Campbell can turn things around in a hurry ketchup or no ketchup relegation awaits. So Arsenal ended up doing a great deal and it was a turning point for the Bosman ruling. The League One side have been without a permanent boss following the resignation of Kevin Bond six weeks ago, with the Shrimpers currently eight points from safety in 22nd place in the league table. Campbell followed up with a statement of his own. In May 2011, manager Alan Pardew announced Campbell was a free agent after the club opted not to renew his contract. Former England defender Sol Campbell has left his role as manager of Southend United by mutual consent. Campbell may still be relatively new to the coaching game but he means business. [52], In the 200506 season, Campbell was blighted both with injuries and a loss of form. We had several meetings with Sol Campbell and we played out this charade, including one on so-called neutral territory in a hotel, and [Pleat and Graham] would say, Yeah chairman hell come round tomorrow. And of course tomorrow it was always, No, Sol would like to leave it at the moment. All that stuff. [113], On 22 October 2019, Campbell was appointed manager of EFL League One club Southend United. towards the end of last month but Southend chairman Ron Martin made Larsson his first choice before discussions ended. From perceived broken promises, to a sales pitch delivered in the small hours over strolls around a landscaped garden in a sleepy suburb of north London, all via a whistle-stop tour of San Siro and a rejection of Barcelona, this is the story of one of the most acrimonious moves in Premier League history. Ex-Celtic striker Henrik Larsson had looked set to succeed Bond before talks broke down last week. Growing up in east London, youve got to be a little bit self-confident. The 46-year-old has been out of management for a year after leaving Southend United last June, after their relegation from League Two. His first game in charge will be against leaders He left the club by mutual consent in September 2009, having played just one match for the club. And of a hierarchy in transition who, either side of the sport and media group ENICs 21.9 million purchase of a 27 per cent stake from the chairman Alan Sugar, never seemed in a position to deliver. Deins property was blessed with a couple of acres of landscaped gardens, with immaculate lawns and water features including a mill wheel all framed by oaks, silver birch and weeping willows. Campbell, 45, was in the stands as the Shrimpers fell to their heaviest ever home defeat at the hands of Doncaster. Who knows?. There are people who didnt like both. Its not going to happen overnight but the clock is ticking., Tough times demand bold choices. Yet the reality is both Sugar and his successors, the acting chairman Daniel Levy and executive vice-chairman David Buchler, all yearned to extend their captains stay at White Hart Lane. That was a total bloody lie, and I went ballistic, I went mad. [110] He oversaw eight wins and 12 draws in his 30 games in charge. That was the consistent way he thought: Can he stay at Spurs and win stuff? Kevin Campbell. Barcelona had only secured fourth place and qualification for the Champions League on the final day of the La Liga season, courtesy of Rivaldos outrageous bicycle kick against Valencia. When was Kevin Campbell drafted? [7] He was a prodigious schoolboy talent and was part-educated at the FA's School of Excellence at Lilleshall, where he met table tennis player and later football agent Sky Andrew. If you decide later you no longer wish to receive the emails, hit the unsubscribe link in the newsletters - but we don't think you'll want to. [114] Campbell watched his new side lose 71 to Doncaster Rovers[115] before taking charge for his first game a 31 home defeat to Ipswich Town. [12] Waldon offered to make him captain of the youth team, but Campbell declined the offer as he wanted to concentrate on his own game.[13]. Wherever he goes, I wish him luck. Campbell had always kept his cards close to his chest, even in the dressing room at Spurs, so no one knew precisely where he would end. Arsenal news, exclusives and A rock at the back. More significantly, so too was Campbells career at the club. All of which was true. The case was subsequently dropped in the summer of 1999 as a result of the unavailability of a crucial witness, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed, but Campbell had been unimpressed by the perceived lack of support he had received from his own employers. Not only that, but the Tottenham supporters had to watch him win two Premier League titles and three FA Cups during his five-year spell under Arsene Wenger. Liverpool, who had expressed interest and had just completed an FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup treble, had turned their attentions elsewhere, content with Sami Hyypia and Stephane Henchoz as their first-choice centre-backs. They met at the West Lodge Park hotel in the north London suburb of Hadley Wood, chatting for hours over coffee, but Mabbutt, too, departed resigned to the fact his fellow defender saw his future elsewhere. Its going to be hard going out to a restaurant, or even a local shop. Instantly, the mood among the crowd shifts. Mid-table and drifting in the Premier League, they were under new management with Glenn Hoddle, prised away from Southampton after protracted negotiations, overseeing his first game in charge. I told them: This Sol Campbell fellow, orchestrated by his agent Sky Andrew he is not staying with us. Tevez maybe the worst due to how he acted. Most players, when they are offered a contract, will just sign it because they want more money. This is because I wanted to give the club every opportunity to have inputs into my future.. By then, clubs across Europe were circling. Campbell continued to play for England after Euro 2004, although his place in the international team had become less secure since the emergence of the central defensive partnership of Terry and Ferdinand, which blossomed during Campbell's period of absence with injury in 2005. He was initially interviewed for the vacancy towards the end of last month but Southend chairman Ron Martin made Larsson his first choice before discussions ended. Amid all the frantic pressure, Gary Doherty flashed a header beyond David Seaman and Spurs actually led. Come to us, he said, and you will be part of our family. For the incoming major shareholders, retaining him would represent an early coup for their ownership. We want to offer him one of the best contracts in the country, but what can you do? My overriding feeling was, Why would you do that?, Fair play to him for actually having the cojones to go across north London. John [68] In January 2010, Campbell sued Portsmouth for 1.7million in unpaid image rights and bonus payments. I dont know. Because he certainly seems to have made his peace with them. The main thing is when you make mistakes, you try to learn from them.. Alan Sugar and I got on very well and, subsequently, I had a good relationship with Levy. Campbell started again in Newcastle's next two fixtures with West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool, but lost his place upon the return of Coloccini. Arsenal, developing into a scintillating side under Arsene Wenger, poured forward but attacks broke down at Campbell. Sol Campbell has made it quite clear he does not wish to enter into contract talks until the end of the season and wants to concentrate on his football, said director of football David Pleat at the time. [45], Campbell missed the start of the 200405 season with a knee injury, and so missed the 2004 FA Community Shield victory over Manchester United. This news makes more sense than what we were expecting last week, with the untried and unproven Larsson on the verge of joining. Things do take a toll on people and, even though hes a very strong character, its still not easy. The steward, Rex Mundy, suffered a sprained thumb and fractured hand. On 18 February, he scored his first goal in his second stint at the club with a headed goal against Porto in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16. Levy is already fiercely unpopular with Spurs fans and this appointment wouldnt do much for that, which means this is never in a million years going to materialise. You did say it, and all that stuff. He was one of the few players who seriously did not put money before football., Towards the end at Spurs, Campbell explained, he had grown disillusioned by the regular churn of managers, the lack of philosophy and structure. The antipathy has hardly been tempered by time. Nevertheless, the smattering of reporters dispatched to London Colney Wenger remembers there only being only two or three, though video footage of the day rather disproves that are anticipating the introduction of Richard Wright, a recent 6 million purchase from Ipswich Town to act as understudy to England first-choice goalkeeper David Seaman. Respectfully, I tell him, I beg to differ. Once Sugar departed, the sale of his shares confirmed as he basked in victory from his libel case, the onus was on Buchler, Levy and ENIC to demonstrate things were about to change. The first game after his appointment which he watched from the stands was a chastening 7-1 thumping at home to Doncaster. [63], Campbell was courted by Italian club Juventus, but manager Didier Deschamps eventually ended contract negotiations. Ive not had a massive PR machine. Rohan Ricketts and William Gallas would go from Arsenal to Spurs in the years after Campbells defection. Or, in truth, that they would offer one so quirky. [111] It was announced on 15 August 2019 that Campbell would be leaving the financially troubled club, by mutual agreement. For me, if a player honours his contract, its loyalty. I dont think theres a supporter, myself included, who doesnt want to try and find the mechanism thats going to allow us to keep Sol, said Buchler upon the announcement that ENIC had increased their stake to 29.9 per cent at the end of February 2001. He could cover up for another players mistake and, as a midfielder, you felt assured with him behind you. The latter, built in 1961, had rather aged, but Terraneo was still convinced the player had been impressed and would be joining. Some are big problems, some of them are small problems. He is going to go on a free at the end of his contract, do you understand that? And they would say to me, No, no chairman, leave it to me, theyre just playing the game. Piecing together the strength of the relationship between Campbell and Sugar is complicated. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Thats what surprised me most about his decision. Campbell was a regular through the various England youth teams, and picked up two man of the match awards during the 1993 UEFA European Under-19 Championship which England won with a 10 win over Turkey. WebAt that time I was too young to understand football and I want to know from the older gunners what did you feel that Sol Campbell joined Arsenal, knowing he was the captain of the Scum and "supposedly" hated Arsenal. Jon Boon. No ones perfect., Sol Campbell: Trouble is people got the wrong end of the stick about me. People don't realise how that affects you as a kid. Having already won caps for the England under-21s and England B team, Campbell gained his first of 73 full caps for England aged 21. New head coach Fabio Capello did not select Campbell for his first squad in January 2008. [32], Campbell has been labelled "Judas" by some Spurs supporters. Its a fantastic club. Are you going to keep worrying about me when Im 80 years old? [40] Campbell enjoyed immediate success with Arsenal, as he won both Premier League and FA Cup winners' medals as Arsenal won the Double in his first season at Highbury. [41] Four days later, they secured the league title with a 10 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. [99][100][101][105] Due to his versatility and range of skills, as well as his ability to carry the ball out of defence and get forward, he was also capable of playing as a right back on occasion. Does Frank Lampard need to work? It was only belatedly that the penny dropped among all in the hierarchy at Spurs, leaving them raging at their inability to wrest back some control. If they leave for no money, they are criticised. Tottenhams effectively went the same way as they succumbed to Pires second-half winner. I love the game. The talks were amicable. Later in 2015, Mike Landwehr identified a unique Amherst County signature that ties these families together. Andrew denied such demands had ever been made. You probably wont find a bigger villain among Tottenham Hotspur fans than Sol Campbell. [57] He resumed training with his teammates on 6 February. The first game after his appointment which he watched from the stands was a chastening 7-1 For me, it is what it is. plus all the related posts. My decision has been a prolonged one. In January 2009, four Tottenham fans were banned from every football ground in England and Wales for three years after being found guilty of chanting an offensive song containing indecent language (with homophobic content and content which some observers interpreted as racist) aimed at Campbell. Look, theres an element of people in certain quarters seeing him going for free and not liking that. Kevin Joseph Campbell (born 4 February 1970) is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit and co-commentator. He was a striker, who featured in the Premier League for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, Everton and West Bromwich Albion. The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email. But the rest of the day, when youre living your normal life, youre going to be a target. And yes, his decision was a surprise. Campbell was born in Plaistow, London, to Jamaican parents Sewell and Wihelmina. But the fact that the Arsenal legend didnt deny an interest in the Tottenham job is perhaps a clue that he would take on the role. Does Jonathan Woodgate need to work? He (Andrew) is among the good guys a really decent man. There is a scratch of the chin, and a glance up to the heavens, before he delivers his answer. We know that, even if we accepted a transfer fee for him, Sol would not go. Some of that abuse continues to this day, over 20 years since the transfer, something that Campbell remains baffled by. They invited Campbell out to Milan and, having met up with his friend Dean Gordon, the Middlesbrough defender, he stopped off in Monaco en route before making the four-hour drive across the border into northern Italy. Spurs were no different. With each subsequent rendezvous at Deins house, it became clearer that a move which once might have been unthinkable could actually be feasible. Had he come from Dover, wed have had Dover Sol! That at least broke the ice because everyone had been in a state of shock., That sense of disbelief would extend to Campbells new team-mates, struggling to comprehend how a man who was their arch-rivals captain weeks before would now be in their ranks instead. The player had most likely been primed that the question was coming, and that the issue had to be addressed. Campbell scores against Chelsea on his debut in 1992 (Photo: Getty). He led the delegation into the room, emerging from behind the screen and followed by Wenger, Campbell and Andrew, who stood at the side of the room while the others, to a flurry of camera flashes, took their places at the top table.
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