Where are they now? The last Arsenal XI that got past the round of 16 in the Champions League

Sol Campbell

Photo: Mark Leech.

Photo: Mark Leech.

Former Tottenham centre-back Sol Campbell’s first stint at Arsenal lasted five years between 2001 and 2006, but it was in his second spell at the club in which he deputised in defence against Porto.

The former England international moved to Portsmouth in 2006, and spent three seasons at Fratton Park before a surprising move to League Two side Notts County in 2009, where he spent just one month.

Campbell was only training at Arsenal to maintain fitness having left Meadow Lane, but re-signed for the club in 2010, and it was the defender who got the goal in the first leg defeat in Porto, before playing the full 90 minutes in the 5-0 win in the second leg.

He spent just that season at the Emirates before moving to Newcastle, and then announced his retirement in 2012 before undergoing a complete career change, which saw him run for the Conservative Party nomination for the Mayor of London election, but he didn’t make the shortlist.

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