Arsenal All Time Starting Eleven

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CB: Sol Campbell

I’ll be very honest, my number one reason for putting Sol here is that he up and left that horrendous team in North London for free to join us. What a brilliant, brilliant move.  That in itself not only showed that he clearly wasn’t hollow in between the ears, but also that he was extremely committed to the challenge of playing for Arsenal Football club. With over 100 appearances in the prime of his career coming for the Gunners, Campbell helped anchor the Invincibles defense, and got a goal in the 2006 Champions League final.

There were other center backs here who were of course considered, Boscielny, who has slowly become a world class center back. Even Kolo Toure. But both of these options lack one vital thing: team success. Yes Kolo Toure had the armband every now and then and had a big presence culture wise. Yes, Kos is arguably more talented than both but Sol was a part of winning teams and had major impacts on said teams.

Sol Campbell was the backbone of the greatest Premier League team of all time. Hard to argue that he is not one of the best center backs (at least during his Arsenal days) to play the game.

We are moving up the formation to our midfielders.

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