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Karlos

21/05/2006, 4:17 PM

Just heard from a reliable source that Fenerbace have signed Sol Campbell from Arsenal for 8 million sterling.

Awaiting confirmation from offical Arsenal source but apprantly the Fenerbace website has confimed it - article is in Turkish http://www.fenerbahce.com/haberler/18164.php

Surprising move for the England Centre Half but obviously great money for the player and the selling club, for a 32 year old.

Risteard

21/05/2006, 4:26 PM

Nothing on the internet superhighway yet.

joema

21/05/2006, 4:35 PM

If true thats the end of his international career

deadman

21/05/2006, 5:03 PM

if he's ever talked to the other campbell, kevin ... i'd be shocked if he moved to turkey

Gather round

21/05/2006, 5:19 PM

What happened to Kevin in Turkey?

deadman

21/05/2006, 5:38 PM

from
http://football.guardian.co.uk/continentalfootball/story/0,15758,1476283,00.html

"Kevin Campbell suffered racist taunts from his own chairman while playing for Turkish club Trabzonspor in 1999. Mehmet Ali Yilmaz said in a television interview: 'We bought a cannibal who calls himself a striker. He is coloured. A great disappointment to the club."

...
he was regularly a victim of racist taunts.
he refused to play for the club until he got a public apology. he never got one and joined cash-strapped Everton on loan. he hit probably the best form of his life to keep them up ... in a desperate bid to secure a permenent deal and get out of Turkey for good

there's some other story about when he was unveiled to the fans. apparently they sacrified a sheep and dipped his boots in his blood .... nice

tetsujin1979

21/05/2006, 7:50 PM

i heard the same story about the goat, but they daubed the blood on his forehead instead of his boots!

gustavo

21/05/2006, 7:55 PM

i think this story is a non runner.

Armando

21/05/2006, 8:47 PM

http://www.eurosport.com/football/premiership/2005-2006/sport_sto889681.shtml

Risteard

21/05/2006, 8:51 PM

What French media like? (http://news.google.fr/news?hl=fr&ned=fr&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d&q=sol+campbell+fenerbahce)

Risteard

21/05/2006, 9:09 PM

Good man KarlosIrl.
This (http://www.soccerway.com/news/2006/may/21/campbell-to-make-fener-switch) is a link from google news in the last two hours.
Even the URL says it but i can't find the article.

Here's a turkish one. (http://english.sabah.com.tr/2169F41CD7584967A03916C71335DA36.html)