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Sven-Goran Eriksson has been warned that Sol will quit international football if the FA persecution continues. Eriksson admits he has sympathy for our central defender over the dismissals and ongoing disciplinary nightmare.
Campbell has threatened to quit international football because he feels he is being victimised by the Football Association following another red card against Everton on the opening day of the season and the recent charge of violent conduct with Manures Eric Djemba-Djemba in the Community
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Even before that charge was confirmed, Campbell had held a meeting with Eriksson and FA bosses including chief executive Mark Palios.
It has been claimed that Campbell threatened to walk away from international football because he felt victimised.
But Eriksson revealed: "I spoke to Sol and I think he is OK now. I think the air has been cleared. It was important to talk and it was important for the FA to explain its position. Mark Palios understood Sol's point. He is an ex-player and ex-players always understand players' problems."
Campbell missed the final four games of last season, including the FA Cup final, following his red card for slapping Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. If found guilty of the FA's new violent conduct charge, Sol faces a further three-match ban on top of the one-game suspension he receives for his red card against Everton.
Campbell, who misses Wednesday's international friendly with Croatia because of a shoulder injury, is still bitter at missing the crucial run-in to Arsenal's campaign last term.
But Eriksson insists he has not turned his back on England.
"He has been extremely unlucky - at the end of last season and the beginning of this season - and he cannot be happy. It is understandable that he is disappointed, but he is OK apart from his shoulder problem and we had a good talk."
Campbell has requested a personal hearing following the FA disciplinary panel's recommendation that he be charged with violent conduct over the clash with Djemba-Djemba.
Eriksson added: "He wanted to have a hearing last season and he didn't get it. Sol is not a dirty player."
The FA is now under pressure to issue a reprieve for our man and a spokesman confirmed: "We were happy to have the meeting and it was a good one."
Campbell has threatened to quit international football because he feels he is being victimised by the Football Association following another red card against Everton on the opening day of the season and the recent charge of violent conduct with Manures Eric Djemba-Djemba in the Community
Shield.
Even before that charge was confirmed, Campbell had held a meeting with Eriksson and FA bosses including chief executive Mark Palios.
It has been claimed that Campbell threatened to walk away from international football because he felt victimised.
But Eriksson revealed: "I spoke to Sol and I think he is OK now. I think the air has been cleared. It was important to talk and it was important for the FA to explain its position. Mark Palios understood Sol's point. He is an ex-player and ex-players always understand players' problems."
Campbell missed the final four games of last season, including the FA Cup final, following his red card for slapping Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. If found guilty of the FA's new violent conduct charge, Sol faces a further three-match ban on top of the one-game suspension he receives for his red card against Everton.
Campbell, who misses Wednesday's international friendly with Croatia because of a shoulder injury, is still bitter at missing the crucial run-in to Arsenal's campaign last term.
But Eriksson insists he has not turned his back on England.
"He has been extremely unlucky - at the end of last season and the beginning of this season - and he cannot be happy. It is understandable that he is disappointed, but he is OK apart from his shoulder problem and we had a good talk."
Campbell has requested a personal hearing following the FA disciplinary panel's recommendation that he be charged with violent conduct over the clash with Djemba-Djemba.
Eriksson added: "He wanted to have a hearing last season and he didn't get it. Sol is not a dirty player."
The FA is now under pressure to issue a reprieve for our man and a spokesman confirmed: "We were happy to have the meeting and it was a good one."
