Where does Campbell rank in Premier League's game-changing transfers?
[BBC] The 'here we go' is on hold, the 'bombas' are done and dusted and the window panes are reverberating after being forcefully closed on Tuesday night. Now comes the moment for new arrivals to make their mark on the pitch rather than the balance sheet. Throughout the Premier League era there have been hordes of transfer hits and misses, but today we're looking at those signings who proved game-changing for their club and the competition, the ones who really moved the needle. I've ranked my top 10 and this is where Sol Campbell's controversial move across north London places. [Getty Images] 4. Sol Campbell, Tottenham to Arsenal, free transfer, July 2001 A handful of journalists gathered at Arsenal's London Colney training base expecting the unveiling of goalkeeper Richard Wright from Ipswich. Instead they were stunned to see former Tottenham skipper Sol Campbell walk in. The England defender, who joined Spurs as a youngster more than a decade earlier, had lucrative offers from Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan. There was no inkling that he would end up down the road at Highbury instead, the deal sealed during clandestine meetings with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and vice-chairman David Dein. "I have kept my head when other people around me were losing it," Campbell said at the unveiling of a transfer that was both seismic in the north London rivalry and the direction of the Premier League trophy. He proved a phenomenal presence at the heart of Arsenal's defence, winning the league and FA Cup double that season and adding another Premier League crown as one of the 'Invincibles' two years later - a title clinched, of all places, at White Hart Lane. Read Alex's top 10 game-changing transfers in Premier League history and make your own selections here
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