Ex-England International Campbell Linked With Town Interview
Friday, 27th Apr 2018 00:10

Former England defender Sol Campbell is reportedly set to be interviewed by the Blues as owner Marcus Evans continues his search for a new manager.

According to the Daily Telegraph, ex-Arsenal and Tottenham man Campbell is said to have been put forward as a potential candidate by David Pleat - known to be a long-time associate of Evans and certainly someone whose advice the Town owner will be seeking as he looks for his new boss - who worked with him during his time as Spurs’ director of football.

It’s anticipated that discussions between the club and Campbell will take place in the next few weeks.

The 43-year-old former centre-half has previously said he is keen to become a manager and was recently interviewed for the Oxford United job but lost out to former Charlton boss Karl Robinson.

Despite his impressive playing career, given his lack of experience in management Campbell would be appear unlikely to be in serious contention.

Evans is understood to have made contact with a wide selection of potential new bosses, while the club is believed to have received a considerable number of applications.

Speaking in his interview earlier in the week, the Town owner said he would be conducting a thorough recruitment process and expects to name his new manager in late May or early June.

Former Blues striker Shefki Kuqi, who TWTD recently interviewed regarding his interest in the Town job, is the new bookies’ favourite.

The Finland international striker is now at 2-1 with Bet Victor with Wigan boss Paul Cook out to 5-1, Campbell and Tony Mowbray at 10-1 and Shrewsbury manager Paul Hurst, ex-Rangers, Brentford and Nottingham Forest boss Mark Warburton and Taiwan’s Gary White all at 16-1.

Early favourite Danny Cowley has now drifted out to 25-1 having signed his new deal at Lincoln City.

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TractorCam added 00:27 - Apr 27 What an awful day of manager links!
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SpruceMoose added 00:35 - Apr 27

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Taricco_Fan added 01:23 - Apr 27 He's nuts.
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BrettenhamBlue added 01:25 - Apr 27 Article here about him. Coaching at QPR at the moment. Recently missed out on the Grimsby job. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11711/11303715/sol-campbell-is-coaching-a
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BcarefulwhatUWish4 added 01:37 - Apr 27 Can see him in a supportive role (Assistant Manager) with someone like Harry Redknapp or Chris Coleman in charge. Don't think it's a good replacement combo for MM and TC though.
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BlueBlood90 added 02:01 - Apr 27 What a shambles today has been. Redknapp, Campbell & Coleman linked and as much as I love Shefki, I'd be equally as disappointed if he got the job. Very negative about most of the bookies' favourites. If there's any possibility it can happen then it has to be Paul Cook at present.
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12th_Man added 02:07 - Apr 27 I wonder who the heel it will be in the morning Shearer,Tony Adams, Gazza or Rio Ferdinand
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SpruceMoose added 02:45 - Apr 27

KiwiBlue2 added 04:22 - Apr 27 probably a rerun of Roy Keane.......
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MicksZzzTactics added 04:32 - Apr 27

@TractorCam (and even to most of you *real* ever-luving ever-credulous ITFC "muppets" out there- :-D)

Absolutely concur... but ohhh remember the newest Suffolk hype :-) :

"IN MARCUS WE TRUST!"

....he will get it "right" this time! :-) if only because the super shy & media-phobic owner of ours:

1) Very obviously knows *everything* there possible is to know about the game of football! ....including who "best" to employ underneath him in said ownership of a modern-forward-thinking & ambitious football club, ehhh exactly as history has shown in his *glorified* 12 years in the game. :-) lol :-)

2) Shockingly, according to most here, he appears to have "won them over" by *simply* at long last popping out the woodwork & presenting himself as a caring, 500% BELIEVABLE & genuine 'Proper Bloke'.... in this his OWN carefully self-orchestrated, non-live & thus with pre-arranged known-beforehand questions 25 min interview yesterday... and almost solely because of *that* very nifty Public Relation STUNT of his, well thus indirectly inferred by many here: That ehhh whatever unkept promises, outright porkies (mostly through his immaculate clueless mouthpiece IM) detrimental decisions, lack of decisions or way too-long-underway decisions he most *certainly* is "guilty of" in those 12 years here (including seemingly not being able "to find" the extreme petty cash -- for a 700 times millionaire -- to merely keep the once renowned good turf at PR in any way resembling decent condition this year! -- is more or less "All Forgotten"???!!! :-) lol :-)

Bottomline: OK enough with the jest! cause seriously folks and as I said pre-interview: "Talk is dirt cheap" And thus I will ONLY judge Marcus by what he actually does, not on what he says!" ....but naturally I too *cautiously *hope Marcus really do stay true to most of what he so elegantly said & promised yesterday (although for the umpteenth time: It makes little to noooo sense, in him continuing to proclaim that he is not remotely looking to sell the joint.... if he:

A) after all financial/tax-deductuctible corporate shenanigans is done & complete, is STILL is losing money annually on it! And thereby also increasing it's astronomical debt to himself btw!

B) No longer shows any real "willingness" to allocate enough money to TRULY make the squad more competitive in the transfer windows (although as I've stated many times before : Lots of money being available is in & of itself is NOT the key here -- like for instance Huddersfiled & Millwall has shown ever so well in the last 2 championship campaigns -- simply a winning mindset & tactics is!!! Period!!!
But imho we at ITFC currently simply lack sufficient amount of *reliable* i.e. non INJURY PRONE talent! also when merely compared to those other penniless clubs doing wonders, in our btw also largely by MM "negative-football-brainwashed" current squad, to compete for promotion... no matter who the next manager is ! That is if he due to ME's apparently continuance of a very tightaZzzed budget is unable to improve the sheer talent in the squad by strengthening it (through something OTHER than vast loanee transactions)!

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BcarefulwhatUWish4 added 04:47 - Apr 27

@MicksZzzTactics

1) he did get Keane & Jewell wrong but got something right by appointing MM and TC. The people we have been linked with brings back the phrase "be careful what you wish for". We can expect one of these links to land.

2) we will see this season what the situation is with money. I can't imagine the budget changing much & need to pray that our squad stays fully fit. The problem was never MM it was the constraints he was under.

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Popeye added 05:24 - Apr 27 WTF
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clint_eastwood added 05:53 - Apr 27 Bloody hell! Can it get anymore funnier than this?! Who's next? Bruce Grobbelaar?
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ip5w1ch added 05:53 - Apr 27 This is by far the worst link so far.... who next? Donald J Trump?
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TonyHumesIpswich added 06:06 - Apr 27 Pablo Counago and Luca Civelli are looking for management positions. Rather one of them get the job.
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muhrensweet4thijssen added 06:19 - Apr 27 Wow. The real question is and was one I have asked several times, Who in the world a) is available who could do better in same circumstances and b)is available??? Be careful what you wish for. Let's face it it ain't going to be pep ha ha ha ha ha
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Dissboyitfc added 06:21 - Apr 27 Paper Talk Rubbish! Also glad the Cowleys are all but out of the picture! Not going to be Harry Rednap, Enjoying his golf too much! As for the Next Town boss, for me there has been a constant candidate, and that is Paul Cook, would be my 1st choice. I dont think i can see Evans paying Compensation to any club, so will get someone out of work IMO!
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howdonblue added 06:42 - Apr 27

Dissboyitfc added 06:45 - Apr 27 WE have 5 to 6 weeks of this before our new manager is unveiled.
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tractorboybig added 06:50 - Apr 27 Are we becoming the JOKE of anglia?
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TonyHumesIpswich added 06:56 - Apr 27 Leon Best is available and Coke will be soon.
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BlueandTruesince82 added 07:08 - Apr 27 It's all just talk. Mickszzzzzz sounds like the Steroo bros in style, prose and statement. I think we have an interloper
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bluehook added 07:09 - Apr 27 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/01/sol-campbell-may-stand-tory-mp- Oh, and he wanted to be London Mayor too. ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚
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Europablue added 07:26 - Apr 27 Interview Keiron Dyer who actually has some links with the club. Shefki has a link to the club and actually has some management experience. Those two probably aren't the answer, but I hope we aren't considering Sol Campbell. Paul Hirst is my top pick, but there have been some other good names mentioned.
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budsweatannbeers added 07:34 - Apr 27 Sol Campbell spotted posing for pictures makes me think there really is something genuine about this link https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sol+campbell&client=ms-android-tmobile-gb&prmd
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