Sol Campbell suspects Spurs fans’ hatred of him is racially motivated
Sol Campbell has questioned whether Tottenham fans’ hatred of him is fueled by racism and says he is baffled why they continue to talk about his move to Arsenal.
Campbell made the stunning move across north London in 2001 after working his way up to captaincy at White Hart Lane and being one of the best centre-backs in world football at the time.
He won two Premier League titles and two FA Cups with Arsenal under Arsene Wenger.
However, Campbell largely stays out of the public eye resurfaced yesterday in a Google Pixel advert in which he reignited his feud with Spurs fans by making fun of their relative lack of success.
In the ad, he takes off his white sweater for a red one and says, “Big steps pay off.”
He added: “It’s not that you’re doing something outrageous, you’re just moving on to something much, much better.”
Campbell was puzzled by the continued hatred
After heating up the mood ahead of tonight’s north London derby, Campbell then appeared on AFTV to ask why Spurs fans still don’t like him, suggesting there may be an ulterior motive.
He said: “They don’t know what they’re doing. Because if you still hold on to it, see what happens.
“(They have a) new stadium, a new training ground, everything is going great in the future and you are still talking about me. What’s going on here?
“Is it a color thing, is it a color thing? Is there a color thing? Is there a bottom color that keeps you going?
“Because there are a lot of other players who have made this type of play, similar plays, you ask yourself, is this a color thing or is it a confusion?”
When it comes to big moves, there’s only one man who knows what’s going to happen.
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No regrets, emphasizes Campbell
Former England defender Campbell, now 50, insists he has no regrets about the move despite the hostility that has followed him since.
He said: “Football-wise I have no regrets. As a kid I wanted to win, that’s the thing.
“As a mature thing, it’s separated again because you look back. As a young man, I want to win. I think I only have a limited amount of time to win something.
“I’ll do the same thing again. At least I can look back and say, ‘Look at the team I played with’.”
