Sol Campbell delivers scathing attack on current Arsenal squad
By Danny Wright
In a scathing attack on his former club, Sol Campbell believes that Arsenal’s inability to win league titles is down to lack of leadership on the pitch.
Speaking to Sky Sports’ Premier League Daily, he said: “I don’t know what’s happening now, but when I was there we used to police it ourselves. We had the characters to police it ourselves.
“And we had the characters you know would say something, Patrick would say something, Tony, Martin Keown, David Seaman, all these guys, from the front Thierry, Dennis Bergkamp, all these guys would chip in on the pitch while the game was going on.
“That’s the key, you’ve got to have those characters on the pitch.”
Manager Arsene Wenger has come under increased scrutiny over the last few weeks as the Gunners appear to have slipped away from yet another title challenge after losing twice in a row to Chelsea and Watford.
Arsenal are without a title since 2004 and finished second last season to Leicester City and fans have started to become impatient with Wenger. However, Campbell says the main problem is on the pitch.
Wenger’s management style, however, did come under attack from Campbell, who believes it isn’t good enough just to have the right tactics and that you have to have individuals who can bring victory.
“I think with Arsene I think he believes he can win the league,” Campbell said on Premier League Daily. “I think he starts every season saying, ‘right, we can win the league playing this style of football’. Obviously reality kicks in halfway through the season. It’s not that easy because you need the personnel on the pitch.
Arsenal are currently fourth in the Premier League, 12 points behind league leaders Chelsea and, most annoyingly to supporters, three points behind North London rivals Tottenham.
The Gunners now face a tricky run of fixtures in both the Premier League and Champions League.
In their next five games they play Bayern Munich twice and Liverpool away in the league.
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