Supporters hate my old team-mate for joining Arsenal - I have no sympathy, he rejected Liverpool

Jamie Carragher has revealed Liverpool tried to sign Sol Campbell before he completed his controversial transfer to Arsenal 2001.

The former England international infamously joined the Gunners on a Bosman transfer from bitter-rivals Tottenham Hotspur, despite previously insisting he would stay at Spurs, and would never play for Arsenal, after being offered a new contract that would have made him the club’s highest-ever paid player.

But after months of negotiations and public assurances that he would stay put, the centre-back declared he needed to leave in order to play Champions League football. Several elite European clubs were interested in signing Campbell at the time, but he controversially decided to join Arsenal on a free transfer.

He had been a Tottenham legend prior to moving across North London. Coming through the club’s academy, he made 315 appearances for the club over nine years, scoring 15 goals, and captained them to League Cup success in 1999.

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Campbell remains hated by Tottenham fans to this day, over 20 years later. But Carragher has revealed he has no sympathy for his former England team-mate, admitting he believes his fellow centre-back, who also attracted interest from Liverpool, should never have moved across North London.

“You can’t make that move, you can’t do that,” he said of Campbell’s controversial switch when debating football’s biggest traitors on The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet. “We all know football fans are emotional, they keep things there, they never forget. Sometimes you think it’s a bit over