Newcastle's Campbell angry over fitness critics
Sol Campbell has hit back at critics who have suggested that he is out of condition after a national newspaper printed a picture of the former England star which triggered message board comments about his "fat belly".
Campbell, who signed for Newcastle last week, is angry that he has been targeted for abuse before the season has even begun and asserted his intent to get himself into peak condition to prove his doubters wrong.
"It's pathetic,'' he told Soccernet. "I had been training for three days - just three days! I am three weeks behind everyone else in pre-season. Don't they know I have just got married and been on honeymoon?
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Sol Campbell has hit back at critics who have suggested that he is out of condition after a national newspaper printed a picture of the former England star which triggered message board comments about his "fat belly".
Campbell, who signed for Newcastle last week, is angry that he has been targeted for abuse before the season has even begun and asserted his intent to get himself into peak condition to prove his doubters wrong.
"It's pathetic,'' he told Soccernet. "I had been training for three days - just three days! I am three weeks behind everyone else in pre-season. Don't they know I have just got married and been on honeymoon?
(continue)
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