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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/apr/14/harry-redknapp-sol-campbell-arsenal

 

Harry Redknapp reveals surprise at Sol Campbell's Arsenal redux

 

Harry Redknapp, who brought Sol Campbell to Portsmouth, says he was amazed Arsenal took the 35-year-old back. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images

 

Harry Redknapp has expressed astonishment that Sol Campbell is back at Arsenal, given what he knows about the defender's departure from the club in 2006, and has forecast another tough time for the 35-year-old against Tottenham Hotspur in tonight's derby at White Hart Lane.

 

Campbell, a former Tottenham player, had his contract with Arsenal cancelled four years ago when he felt he could not go on there. He signed for Redknapp at Portsmouth as a free agent and his reasons for leaving Arsenal have remained cloaked in mystery.

 

But Campbell was given a short-term contract by Arsenal in January and now, with the manager, Arsène Wenger, having confirmed he will start him tonight, must prepare for his latest hostile reception at White Hart Lane.

 

"I could never see him going back to Arsenal in a million years," said Redknapp, the Tottenham manager. "I never thought he would want to go anywhere near Arsenal again. When I took him, he wanted out and they wanted him out as well. He just went: 'No, I don't want to play there any more.'

 

"I wouldn't want to say what he told me but he wasn't happy. He just felt he didn't want to be there and he was desperate to get out. I never thought Arsenal would take him back, either. They were very pleased to let him go before."

 

Redknapp said that he knew of no player who had suffered more terrace abuse than Campbell, a hate figure in the eyes of the Tottenham crowd. In September 2008, when Campbell played for Portsmouth against Tottenham at Fratton Park, police made 11 arrests, following sickening chants from the away enclosure. Six of the fans were banned from football for three years, with the other five receiving cautions.

 

"I can't think of anyone who would get much worse than Sol nowadays," said Redknapp, who revealed that Campbell took a £3m-a-year wage cut to swap Arsenal for Portsmouth. "It has been a long-running saga but they have got the hump with him here at Tottenham and they are not going to forgive him.

 

"He will get it again. That can happen. They pay their money and they are going to do what they want to do, aren't they? I just hope they don't do or shout anything silly. Sure, if they want to jeer him or whatever that is fine but we saw trouble before at Portsmouth with people making remarks that weren't right. You do not want that."

 

Wenger recalled Campbell's first return to Spurs, as an Arsenal player, in the 1-1 Premier League draw in November 2001. The abuse was poisonous and the Arsenal team bus was attacked with bricks. "The first time was terrible but he did well," said Wenger, who will be without the injured Alex Song, among others. "Sol knows how to handle it and focus on the game. When he achieved what he wanted to with us, he was a little bit in no man's land for a while. But now he is mature and very clear in his head that he wants to go as far as he can."

 

The Metropolitan police and Tottenham have classified the game in their highest risk bracket. "An appropriate policing plan is in place," said a police spokesman. "We are working closely with both clubs and should any apparent offences come to light, they will be dealt with appropriately."

 

A Tottenham spokesman said: "We are aware of the issues that these high-category matches can bring, particularly with the importance surrounding the current league positions. As always, we shall be monitoring for any abusive and inappropriate behaviour, making full use of the CCTV systems and headcams that the police and club have available and dealing promptly with any unacceptable activity."

 

Can't he ever shut up about other teams' footballers?

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Why can't nasty foreigners like Rafa stop tapping up other players and discussing things that aren't any of their business, and learn a bit of class from wily old British foxes like Harry.

 

Twiffic.

Falconhoof

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Couldn't he have just not mentioned any potential abuse that Sol Campbell might get, rather than stoking it all up in the press ? Its almost like he's trying to use it to unsettle Arsenal.

Sir Tokyo Sexwale

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Move over Ferguson, the new King of the Mind Games ™ is in town!!

exactly - pretty much what I was going to say. The new King of mind games...

 

Hope Arsenal f*** them over tonight & Sol scores at least one

ManxRed

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exactly - pretty much what I was going to say. The new King of mind games...

 

Hope Arsenal f*** them over tonight & Sol scores at least one

 

Doh!!

Maldini

Maldini

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It was really weird how he left Arsenal though, he had a year or two left on his deal, was only 31 and they released him so he could join a foreign club. 3 months later he was at Portsmouth.

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It was really weird how he left Arsenal though, he had a year or two left on his deal, was only 31 and they released him so he could join a foreign club. 3 months later he was at Portsmouth.

That's 'cause they didn't want him to join another big club in the PL. They didn't see Portsmouth as a rival.

He walked out at half time of some game I think, citing he could not handle the pressure anymore of playing at that high a level. Though allegedly he couldn't handle the pressure of being found out about him and Ashley's hole or summat, I dunno......

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Every time i see hear Jamie Redknapp now i just think he's an absolute f***ing c***. He makes me want to swear and throw stuff at the telly. I'm used to hearing rubbish from pundits on TV, but not from a former Liverpool captain.

 

I don't have a large and/or creative enough vocabulary to abuse the fecker enough, it's times like these when you need matty.

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Every time i see hear Jamie Redknapp now i just think he's an absolute f***ing c***. He makes me want to swear and throw stuff at the telly. I'm used to hearing rubbish from pundits on TV, but not from a former Liverpool captain.

 

 

His finest moment was when he was lambasting Liverpool FC for not winning the league in so long.

 

Fair enough. Until you remember he was captain during this period. Captain during the days of the Spice Boy.

 

Thick c***.

Buzz

Buzz

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God yeah, he lost his marbles, didn't he?

Yeah. There were rumours doing the rounds at the time, that started to get some press coverage, consisting of two senior Arsenal players were on some phone footage in a hotel room with two trainee\reserve players.

Campbell and Cole were mentioned.

Campbell lost it shortly afterwards and then Cole married his good showbiz friend Cheryl - Which is another conspiracey story 'cause that marriage made him straight and her not racist.

THIS IS ALL ALLEGEDLY OF COURSE!

It's why Spurs fans chant homophobic stuff at Campbell.

muleskinner

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Yeah. There were rumours doing the rounds at the time, that started to get some press coverage, consisting of two senior Arsenal players were on some phone footage in a hotel room with two trainee\reserve players.

Campbell and Cole were mentioned.

Campbell lost it shortly afterwards and then Cole married his good showbiz friend Cheryl - Which is another conspiracey story 'cause that marriage made him straight and her not racist.

THIS IS ALL ALLEGEDLY OF COURSE!

It's why Spurs fans chant homophobic stuff at Campbell.

 

The gay runours had been about for years, well before Ashley Cole was around. Best one I heard was that he was having an affair with Lennox Lewis.

Spike

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The gay runours had been about for years, well before Ashley Cole was around. Best one I heard was that he was having an affair with Lennox Lewis.

 

in before inevitable battered around the ring joke

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