Sol Campbell asks if Spurs followers nonetheless hate him over ‘color’ not ‘Judas’ Arsenal switch

Sol Campbell has questioned if his treatment from Spurs fans is ‘down to colour’ after he crossed the north London divide and joined Arsenal back in 2001

Sol Campbell has asked Spurs fans if they hate him over his skin colour rather than his ‘Judas’ Arsenal transfer.

Campbell made the controversial switch across the north London divide in 2001, when he left boyhood club Tottenham for the Gunners – going onto become an Invincible and win the Premier League as Spurs remained in the hunt for silverware.

And Campbell is a still a hated figure in the Lilywhite half of north London all these years later. “Is it a colour thing,” Campbell asked Arsenal Fan TV.

“Is it an underbelly colour thing that keeps you going. Because there is a lot of other types of players that have made similar moves and you say to yourself ‘Is it a colour thing’?

Campbell had come through the ranks of the Spurs academy, with the Lilywhites showing their trust in their new young star when they handed him the captain’s armband.

However, Campbell would leave for free, walking across to Highbury where he would sign on the dotted line for the Gunners. And ahead of Wednesday evening’s north London derby, Campbell again opened old wounds in a Google Pixel advert.

“It’s that time of year again,” Campbell tells the camera. “The time of year when people start to wonder if the grass might be greener.

“Whether they should switch sides and change allegiances,” he says walking down a hallway of Arsenal shirts while wearing a red turtle neck as he enters his trophy room. “Take it from me. Big moves pay off.

“Sure, people will have opinions, but who cares what people think?” He continues: “Of course you can stay with them for another year, but is anything going to change? Doesn’t look like it to me…

“So if you’re thinking about a transfer this January, I say go for it! It’s not like you’re doing anything outrageous. You’re just switching to something much, much better… the Google Pixel!”

Campbell then asks his Google Pixel phone what they were just talking about, and it responds: “We were talking about separating delicate whites from strong colours like red in your wash cycle.”