Premier League - Wenger rules out Sol return

Eurosport - Fri, 16 Oct 15:20:00 2009

Arsene Wenger has confirmed Sol Campbell is training with Arsenal, but says there is no chance of the defender returning to play for the Gunners.

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Former England international Campbell is currently without a club after walking out on Notts County just one game into his spell with the League Two outfit.

Campbell contacted Wenger to seek permission to train with the Gunners and the Frenchman was happy to allow a player who gave Arsenal superb service the chance to raise his fitness levels.

"It is difficult when you are used to a team sport to keep completely fit on your own," said Wenger.

"He asked me to come back here and take some fitness sessions and help him out. He has trained with us."

Wenger ruled out the prospect of Arsenal signing Campbell in January, as he added: "We are helping him out for him to become fit that is all."

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  1. The reason Sol will not be playing for Arsenal is­ becouse he is British & we all know Arsene Wenger­ does play British players OK he players Walcot but how­ many mins does he play for ANSWER not even 45 mins most­ weeks..

    From Tony, on Sat 17 Oct 12:26PM
  2. sol campel is a good cb but i think arsenal have a­ briliant defence ith varmaelen scoring and gallas just­ being gallas ..............................

    From anfieldroad94, on Fri 16 Oct 10:48PM
  3. Never !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Emin, on Fri 16 Oct 9:51PM
  4. Never !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Emin, on Fri 16 Oct 9:51PM
  5. Never !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Emin, on Fri 16 Oct 9:50PM
  6. All those "sagas" are media sagas. Wenger­ know what he is doing, and he does not speak to the­ media until things are done. The fact that they can­ take a two-word quotation and build a story around if­ for the gullible is not his fault. We all know how­ Wenger does business.

    From Ty Weezy, on Fri 16 Oct 9:00PM
  7. Dale A you should stop worrying and just get behind the­ team, all we need is little things to fall our way­ every now and then, it f**king kills me to see how­ lucky man utd get

    From masseybrendan, on Fri 16 Oct 6:44PM
  8. is he a good Player?
    Yes(thumbs up)
    No(thumbs down)

    From Tham, on Fri 16 Oct 5:43PM
  9. Jusyt hope he gets a decent goalkeeper. Almunia and the­ Not-so-fabulous-Fabianski cannot be trusted between the­ posts. Mannone's reward for saving the game for­ Arsenal on his last outing, is to be seated. Too often­ I do not understand God. Wenger is not God, but, too­ many times we are left puzzled by his decisions.

    From Carl D, on Fri 16 Oct 4:19PM
  10. I don't know Sol Campbell's fitness, but you­­ gotta wonder how Wenger operates sometimes, sometimes­­ he can be a hero and other times a goat. The whole­­ Chamakh saga, "I like him"..."I­­ don't need him anymore" ..the whole Melo­ saga,­ the whole Van Der Vaart saga,­ Huntelaar....Vieira..tis­ snail-like move to secure­ cheap players who can add­ depth and quality to the­ current squad with an­ injury\fitness problem, the­ cold months are not­ taking into account and that's­ when we falter for­ the last 4 years, hence our­ inability to finish tops in­ all competitions, A­ Champions League team has to have­ major depth to­ compete, especially at defence and­ striker positions.­ We have a lot of­ midfield\attacking MF players­ with a handful­ strikers (RVP, Eduardo and Bendtner as­ pure strikers)­ and yet this man's thought is to­ save all the­ earnings..for what? the stadium pay off­ has it own­ plans and player acquisition should have­ it's own­ plan, Djourou is out for the season, he­ rarely relies­ on Senderos and Sylvestre is pat it, yet­ he doesn't­ see an oportunity to add Campbell..well­ maybe Campbell­ isn't worth it, I sure hope he is­ signing a­ defender or dmf in january, as well as­ bringing in­ Sunu\Watts into the fold for january,­ or else we­ will be found wanting again, we have no­ powerful­ striker to win the ball upfront, all we have­ is­ finesse, no goal poacher and no ball winner upfront­ and­ at the back, we have been allowed to play our­ finesse­ game against most, but if the Manchester games­ are to­ be used, WE COULD HAVE WON, but we didn't­ and­ it's cause of a lack of ball winning, the­ rough­ stuff that makes winners, winners. I hope this­­ stubborness won't tarnish 13 respectable years at­­ Arsenal. Eduardo is injured again, Nasri has been out,­­ Walcott is in for now, RVP has been blessed, Bendtner­­ crashed his Aston Martin and walked out miraculously,­­ Arshavin was out due to fitness, Denilson is

    From Dale, on Fri 16 Oct 3:41PM
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