Sol Campbell was called “Fat Belly” on some Newcastle blogs after he was pictured whilst training with Newcastle at the weekend, and he called the fans abuse ‘pathetic’. He said that he refused to listen to ‘idiots’ and begged them to wait until he had been training for a month before judging him.
“It’s pathetic,” Campbell said. “I had been training for three days – just three days. I am three weeks behind everyone else in pre-season. Don’t they know I have just got married and been on honeymoon?
“I accept that the picture wasn’t flattering, and I do need to catch up on my level of fitness, but the training kit was not very flattering and showed up all sorts of things.
“The truth is that I am now in better shape than when I started off back at Arsenal after a long lay-off. I got myself back into shape at Arsenal, and I think I had a reasonably good end half of the season.”
“I am a naturally big guy, but I cannot rush my conditioning, otherwise trying too much too quickly could result in injuries,”
“Of course I can understand the manager wants me to be in the side, but the season starts in just two weeks and I really need three to four weeks to get back to peak fitness.
“I’ve seen it all before, done it all before, heard it all before, but that means I also know exactly what to do. It’s a long season and I cannot listen to idiots. I know these things cannot be rushed. What I do know is that I will achieve peak fitness given the time I need to do it. It might be that I will need to play and then put in extra training in between games.
“My message is simple to all the knockers: I am knuckling down and want to play my football with a great club and a great manager. Then you can judge me.”
Ooops, it seems he did have a few pies while he was on honeymoon. Could that be the reason why Wenger didn’t resign him?
From justarsenal.com
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