25/04/2001 Campbell's agent, Sky Andrew: "Sol first has to get himself fit, he won't be playing for Tottenham again this season, but hopes to be able to play for England in the summer, that's the main thing on his mind at the moment. He is honour-bound to talk with Tottenham first, especially now that Glenn Hoddle has taken over as the new manager. But of course it's not everyday that a player of Sol's ability becomes available, so it attracts massive interest. What makes any deal with Sol also very attractive is that he is on a free transfer, so many clubs from England and Europe have made it known that they are monitoring the situation. It would not be fair of me to name clubs, but Sol has often said that he would prefer to stay in London. So it wouldn't be too difficult to work out which big London clubs have asked me to keep them up to date with the way matters with Tottenham are progressing." 07/05/2001 Tottenham vice-chairman, David Buchler, commenting on speculation linking Campbell with a move to Barcelona: "Barcelona will have a hell of a fight on their hands if they want to take Sol away. It won't be easy for them, I can promise that. We've got to show people we mean business and Sol is an integral part of that. He is key to our future plans. We have our sights on new players but this club will be based on youth, the youth we have coming through." 09/05/2001 Spurs manager, Glenn Hoddle talking about Campbell's contract situation: "I am confident that we will not lose him because of wages as we will make Sol a very good offer to stay. The talks are going on and I would love him to stay. I believe he will make the decision soon." 16/05/2001 Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger: "We will have a look after the weekend. It is too early to say what we will do about Campbell but we have to be wise about our money. We must respect our wage structure. You can only pay so much without bankrupting the club. We won't be paying anyone ￡80,000 or ￡100,000 a week. We will pay what we can afford for everybody and keep the wages right. We have ￡10million more coming in from TV, but if you start paying ￡100,000 a week for players, what difference does that extra money make?" 16/05/2001 Spurs' executive vice-chairman, David Buchler: "We are looking forward to speaking with Sol at the end of this week. He has been on holiday for the past couple of weeks and we agreed that we would talk immediately he came back. We still hope Sol will commit himself to Tottenham and are looking forward to discussing his future at this club. There are lots of clubs interested in Sol, but we know that he is an honourable man and any reports of him having agreed to join Barcelona are just rumours." 17/05/2001 Campbell's agent, Sky Andrew, talking Barcelona rumours: "Sol is flattered to be linked with a club of Barcelona's stature, but no decision has been made. Sol is back from holiday and over the next few days and we will talk to Tottenham. We haven't spoken to any other clubs yet." 21/05/2001 Sol Campbell giving his opinion on his contract situation: "Going abroad is not in my mind. The ball is in Spurs' court now. It is a typical type of negotiation situation. There are ups and downs and we have to find somewhere where everyone is happy. I am in no hurry because I want to look at the whole picture. We will just have to wait and see what happens in the next two or three weeks." 23/05/2001 Liverpool manager, Gerard Houllier responding to speculation linking the central-defender with a move to Anfield: "He is a good player. Any good players who are available we will be interested in, providing they can improve the squad. But I am very pleased with Sami and Stephane. They are very strong, although it is not ideal moving players in from other positions to cover for them." 23/05/2001 Barcelona manager, Carles Rexach, talking about Sol Campbell's situation: "A lot depends on whether Campbell wants to leave Tottenham, a club he has played for all his life. He says he wants time to think about it but I believe that if he can reach an agreement with Tottenham, he will stay there. He is the kind of defender we like. He is young and aggressive and we have lacked that in defence this season, especially with injury problems affecting Abelardo and Frank de Boer. But my personal opinion is that Campbell likes Tottenham so much that he will accept a good offer to stay with them." 25/05/2001 Spurs spokesman, John Fennelley: "We made an offer last night (Thursday) which he went away to consider and it's the best offer the club has ever made to a player. People are saying that he has already said goodbye to the club - but that's not true. We're still hoping he will stay." 26/05/2001 Spurs' vice-chairman, David Buchler, commenting on Campbell rumours to Arsenal: "There's no chance of Sol leaving for Arsenal. He is a Spurs fan and there's not a hope in hell of him playing in an Arsenal shirt." 30/05/2001 Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger: "You can create a big team without bankrupting the club and we would not pay a player ￡100,000-a-week. I want to sign big players, but that does not necessarily mean they have to be big names. You have to be sensible in buying players and respect the structure of the club." 30/05/2001 Sol Campbell's agent, Sky Andrew: "Sol is ready to talk to Liverpool about a possible move in the summer. Discussions are at early stage, but money at this stage is not an issue. Sol has already spoken to Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid so he has options, at this stage he would like to stay in England." 01/06/2001 Arsenal defender, Martin Keown, giving his opinion on Campbell's proposed move to Highbury: "It would be a very good move for Arsenal. Whether that happens remains to be seen, and who Sol lines up with also remains to be seen. But looking at birth certificates of those already at the club would be a basis for saying that Arsenal need central defenders. Looking at performances is another matter, but I've not spoken to Sol." he added: "It's been done before. Willie Young and Pat Jennings have come across to us and did exceptionally well, so I don't see any reason why not. But I don't know what will happen. One day he's coming, one day he's not. Arsenal wouldn't put anyone on any more money than they could afford to pay and, as a player, you accept that situation. I'm not saying that everyone would adopt that attitude, but we'll sort that one out when and if it comes up." 01/06/2001 Liverpool defender, Stephane Henchoz, giving his opinion on Campbell's proposed move to Anfield: "I would say it is perfectly normal for Liverpool to be linked with top players because we are a top club and have had a good season. Sol Campbell is a very good player and if we are to build on that success we are going to need as strong a squad as possible. I don't think it is bad that big names are being associated with Liverpool, even if a new arrival would put people under pressure. I don't think anyone, whether they are already at the club or not, can be guaranteed a regular place in the first team, no matter who they are. It's important to have a strong competition for places and there's already competition at Liverpool." 13/06/2001 Campbell's agent, Sky Andrew: "Sol wants everything sorted by the end of the month. We are in discussions with a number of clubs, but I would not anticipate concrete developments for the next week or two." 14/06/2001 Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger: "Of course we are still interested in Sol Campbell, but I don't think he has made his mind up about where he wants to go." 14/06/2001 Barcelona winger, Marc Overmars: "I'm really surprised to hear that Sol Campbell looks set to join my old team Arsenal from Spurs. I had a strong feeling that he'd be signing for my current team Barcelona and it's a shock that he seems to have chosen to cross the North London divide instead. It would have been great to see Sol put his skills and abilities to test in a new league. It would also have been good for him as a player in his development. Instead, it seems he's chosen to stay put in England." he added: "I understand that nothing is finalised or official between Campbell and Arsenal. Arsenal need to look forward and invest in some younger centre-backs if they are to make any progress at all so Campbell would be good for them in that respect. But he will face some stick if he moves and possibly some serious abuse. Certainly when Arsenal travel to White Hart Lane next season, Campbell will have to face some horrible scenes, angry fans and endure a horrible experience. He'll have to be big enough to face that consequence if he moves to Highbury." 15/06/2001 Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger: "We are one of the clubs who are interested but the rest is down to Sol Campbell. He has interest from many clubs and it's up to him to make the choice. I don't know when he will make a decision - yesterday his agent announced that he will make a decision in two or three weeks." 16/06/2001 Barcelona manager, Charly Rexach, commenting on Barcelona's interest in Campbell: "I know there has been contact, but he wants to play in the Champions League, and this will be the main condition as to whether Sol says yes or no to Barcelona. It's his decision. He is an important footballer. He is an aggressive player who is excellent defensively. Those are the kind of players we need." 17/06/2001 Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger, talking about his attempts to sign the England man: "We haven't given up all hope but it's not looking good." 18/06/2001 Arsenal and England defender, Martin Keown: "Barcelona are a massive club. I see no reason why Sol can't be a big success at Barcelona." 19/06/2001 Barca manager, Carles Rexach: "We have had very positive discussions with Sol Campbell and his representative and my feeling is that he is close to joining us. I believe he will make a decision very soon and I hope it will be good news for Barcelona. We also have Champions League football. I think it will be a positive outcome." 20/06/2001 Former Spurs and Marseille winger, Chris Waddle, giving his opinion on how moving to Barcelona would be good for Sol: "Going to Barcelona would be a brilliant way to learn how to play with the ball. If you can't learn to do that there, you'll never learn." 21/06/2001 Arsenal chairman, David Dein: "Sol Campbell's position, is that the timing is his. He has said to me he will make a decision in two or three weeks time and obviously we we would like it to be before we start pre-season training on July 5, otherwise we'll have other fish to fry." 29/06/2001 Inter Milan president, Massimo Moratti: "We will get Campbell. He is well liked by manager Hector Cuper and he is ours." 29/06/2001 Inter spokesman: "Talks between Inter and Sol Campbell are going very well. Inter thinks Sol Campbell is a superb player and we hope very much that he will decide to come here. We hope to have a decision within a few days. At least by the end of next week." 01/07/2001 Bayern president, Franz Beckenbauer: "We have made an offer for Campbell. A lot of clubs want him, he is a world class player." & Bayern vice-president, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: "We were interested in Campbell three months back, but not anymore. Such a signing would create problems in this club. He was too expensive. If he wants ￡5.8 million what should someone like Kahn be paid?" 03/07/2001 Sol Campbell signs from Tottenham Hotspur to Arsenal on a Bosman free transfer. 看完这一整篇可以了解为何热刺球迷这麽恨坎贝尔，不过这两年间热刺在英超表 现的确不好，99-00英超第十，00-01英超第十二，他可能一直在观察热刺的情况 ，看看有没有展望打欧冠，当然另一个观察就是他的续约条件。用自由转会身份 的确是可以bargain到更高的薪水。 想想过去几个月有关EDU的事，再看看坎贝尔的转会传奇，足球就是这样爱与恨 交织。如果韦拉去年夏天真的跑去皇马，大概又是这网站又会多一笔横跨三年的 传奇，不过绝对没有以"自由转会身份"还跑去加盟"死敌"的坎贝尔故事曲折。 今年夏天，大概传奇主角会是Gerrad(我想讲SWP，不过名气差多了，吉拉德是皇马钦定)。 -- 'The difference between you and me is that if tomorrow there were no more money in football I'd still be here, but not you'. -- a quote of Wenger's saying to an agent --

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