Town held talks with former England defender Sol Campbell last week, according to a report in one of this morning’s tabloids. Roy Keane revealed his interest in the ex-Arsenal and Spurs man on Friday in the wake of Campbell walking out on his five-year deal at Notts County after only one game.
Speaking about his Notts County exit for the first time in another of this morning's papers, Campbell, who Newcastle and Hull City are also said to be chasing, is confident that he will be able to find a new club before the transfer window opens: "We will just have to wait and see who comes in for me now but I don't think I will have to wait until January. I'm talking to people now to try to solve that."
This may suggest that the 35-year-old’s County contract is yet to be formally torn up and that he can move on loan, while there is also a provision for players to move outside the transfer window if they can show a legitimate reason to the authorities for leaving their previous clubs.
Campbell is unspecific about his Meadow Lane exit: "I knew I would be the club's first big signing but was told I would be the first of many. Names like Roberto Carlos and Benjani were mentioned - now that would have been a statement of intent.
"But, for whatever reason, it didn't happen. And all I will say is that you know when people have money because things happen and they happen quickly.”
Meanwhile, elsewhere in this morning's tabloids, Dwight Yorke says he received a four-letter response from Roy Keane when he commiserated him on his exit at Sunderland.