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Fenerbahce target Campbell

First Published: May 22, 2006
Arsenal's English defender Sol Campbell celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Champion's League final football match Barcelona vs. Arsenal, May 17 at the Stade de France in Paris. Turkish first division side Fenerbahce are reportedly targetting Campbell.

Arsenal's English defender Sol Campbell celebrates after scoring during the UEFA Champion's League final football match Barcelona vs. Arsenal, May 17 at the Stade de France in Paris. Turkish first division side Fenerbahce are reportedly targetting Campbell.

Turkish first division side Fenerbahce are targetting Arsenal defender Sol Campbell.

The 31-year-old England centre-half is rumoured Monday to have been offered a three-year deal worth 70,000 pounds (89,000 dollars) a week.

Campbell scored Arsenal's first half goal against Barcelona in last week's Champions League final which Arsene Wenger's side went on to lose 2-1.

In February his season hit a low when he walked out of the match against West Ham at Highbury at half-time and then went missing for several days - after a difficult time coping with injury and off-field problems.

He has three years to run on a deal he only signed last year but it has been reported sources at Fenerbahce have claimed vice-president Mahmut Uslu met Campbell's agent Sky Andrew in Germany to discuss personal terms.

Campbell controversially joined Arsenal from arch-rivals Tottenham on a free transfer in 2001 after allowing his contract to run down at White Hart Lane.

Fenerbahce's season ended in double disappointment as they missed out on the league title to arch rivals Galatasaray and lost in the Cup final to Besiktas.