Official: Arsenal Sign Sol Campbell
UPDATE: According to Arsenal’s official website, Arsenal have signed defender Sol Campbell for the rest of the season.
January 15th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is looking to sign free agent defender Sol Campbell. Wenger said,
“I think he will sign later today … There are no major problems and it’s all sorted out now … It gives us an opportunity to have one more centre-back. At the moment, (Philippe) Senderos has been injured and because we haven’t extended his contract we want to give Senderos the opportunity as well to join another club.”
January 12th, 2010 According to ESPN Soccernet, defender Sol Campbell, who played with the Arsenal reserve squad earlier today, intends to sign with Arsenal for the rest of the season . Campbell said,
“I need to get minutes under my belt, a couple of reserve games at least, before I can start looking any further ahead. I hope to sign for Arsenal until the end of the season. There are still a few technicalities to iron out, but I want to sign for Arsenal until the end of the season, and it’s fantastic, great, marvellous.”
January 8th, 2010 According to James Olley at the London Evening Standard, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger would not confirm or deny the rumor that he is interested in defender Sol Campbell. When asked, Wenger said,
“We have a level of interest for every good player. Why can he not still be a force in the Premier League? He trains very hard … Do not worry, if we sign somebody, I promise you’ll be the first to know.”
January 8th, 2010 According to John Cross at MirrorFootball, Arsenal are prepared to offer defender Sol Campbell a contract for the rest of the season if they are able to sell Philippe Senderos.
