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Newcastle United Defender Sol Campbell: I'll Prove This Season I'm Still Good Enough To Play For England
Veteran still believes he could add to Three Lions...
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Sep 2, 2010 8:42:00 AM
By Zack Wilson
Newcastle United centre-back Sol Campbell maintains that he could still have an international future for England, despite turning 36 this month.
Campbell made a return to top flight football last January, signing a short term deal with the Gunners until the end of the season. He impressed during that spell and is now working hard to reach full match fitness for his new club on Tyneside.
And he is confident that he could offer more than just his vast experience to Fabio Capello.
“I think it all comes down to who is at the helm, the people behind the associations and the mentality of the nation," Campbell said, according to the Daily Star.
“You go to Italy where defenders and keepers go on and on. The names of those guys roll off the tongue.
“If you’re still fit and strong and still want it, it shouldn’t matter what age you are. You have the experience and it shouldn’t be a problem.
“I’ve never mentioned retirement. Maybe I should have done and that way he’d have brought me out of it!
“I know last year I had what it takes. I still have the passion, the fire in my belly, the will to win.
"So I am going to fight on the pitch for Newcastle and if it comes to the stage where someone says can you fight for England, then I will fight for England."
Campbell also clearly feels that he had done maybe about enough during his short spell with the Gunners to justify inclusion in at least Fabio Capello's preliminary 30-man squad for the World Cup.
“I worked really hard and think I showed everyone that I was still up there,” he said.
“I like to think I ended the season in international form but it really comes down to those behind the scenes. If people don’t like you it is not going to happen."
The veteran also insists that he has not come to St James' Park to bring a nice relaxed end to his career.
“I certainly haven’t come here to put my feet up, not with 50,000 fans watching every week," he asserted.
“They want success and that is what I am all about. I remember what people were saying when I joined Portsmouth, but I came away with an FA Cup winner’s medal and a European campaign behind me.
“And at Arsenal last season, if we’d kept our cool, we’d have taken the title race to the wire.
“There are a few lads here at Newcastle who have had Premier League experience. They don’t want to be struggling down at the wrong end of the table and neither do I.
“Chris Hughton has got a great team together and the spirit is fantastic. We’ve made a healthy start to the season and now we just have to keep our feet on the ground and build step by step.
“But I definitely think a top-half finish is possible and we will surprise a few teams.
“Winning the League Cup or FA Cup would be nice, even qualifying for Europe. You have just got to set your standards high and keep pushing.
“That’s the only way you can do it in football and that’s the only way I know."
Campbell made a return to top flight football last January, signing a short term deal with the Gunners until the end of the season. He impressed during that spell and is now working hard to reach full match fitness for his new club on Tyneside.
And he is confident that he could offer more than just his vast experience to Fabio Capello.
“I think it all comes down to who is at the helm, the people behind the associations and the mentality of the nation," Campbell said, according to the Daily Star.
“You go to Italy where defenders and keepers go on and on. The names of those guys roll off the tongue.
“If you’re still fit and strong and still want it, it shouldn’t matter what age you are. You have the experience and it shouldn’t be a problem.
“I’ve never mentioned retirement. Maybe I should have done and that way he’d have brought me out of it!
“I know last year I had what it takes. I still have the passion, the fire in my belly, the will to win.
"So I am going to fight on the pitch for Newcastle and if it comes to the stage where someone says can you fight for England, then I will fight for England."
Campbell also clearly feels that he had done maybe about enough during his short spell with the Gunners to justify inclusion in at least Fabio Capello's preliminary 30-man squad for the World Cup.
“I worked really hard and think I showed everyone that I was still up there,” he said.
“I like to think I ended the season in international form but it really comes down to those behind the scenes. If people don’t like you it is not going to happen."
The veteran also insists that he has not come to St James' Park to bring a nice relaxed end to his career.
“I certainly haven’t come here to put my feet up, not with 50,000 fans watching every week," he asserted.
“They want success and that is what I am all about. I remember what people were saying when I joined Portsmouth, but I came away with an FA Cup winner’s medal and a European campaign behind me.
“And at Arsenal last season, if we’d kept our cool, we’d have taken the title race to the wire.
“There are a few lads here at Newcastle who have had Premier League experience. They don’t want to be struggling down at the wrong end of the table and neither do I.
“Chris Hughton has got a great team together and the spirit is fantastic. We’ve made a healthy start to the season and now we just have to keep our feet on the ground and build step by step.
“But I definitely think a top-half finish is possible and we will surprise a few teams.
“Winning the League Cup or FA Cup would be nice, even qualifying for Europe. You have just got to set your standards high and keep pushing.
“That’s the only way you can do it in football and that’s the only way I know."
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