Sol Campbell To Turkey?

Filed in archive Transfer/Shmansfer on May 22, 2006

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Absolutely bizarre transfer rumour of the day is Sol Campbell's possible move to Turkish side Fenerbahce. He's had a rough season with Arsenal, but he ended it on a sort of high by scoring and looking back to his solid best in the Champions League Final. Rumour is that Fenerbahce have bid around 8 million pounds, and offered Campbell around 70,000 pounds a week.

I can understand why Arsenal would accept this. Campbell is 31 years old, and they can look to the great form of Toure and Senderos, but surely this is a step down for the big defender. Turkey is where players like Mike marsh go, where managers like Graeme Souness go, and where second rate sulky strikers like Nicolas Anelka go. There's also the racism to consider, remember all the trouble Kevin Campbell had, despite some good performances?

I've got a horrible feeling that Campbell's will accept this move (this is a rumour so bizarre it would be impossible to make up) but fingers crossed the big man comes to his senses.