'I didn't want to hamper Pompey going forward': Sol Campbell wants fans to know he didn't take a PENNY of the £1.67m owed to him by Portsmouth, saying he wrote it off when the club's survival was threatened
- Sol Campbell tells fans he never took a penny from Portsmouth despite debts
- Pompey owed him £1.67m in unpaid bonuses and image rights, plus interest
- But Campbell said he wrote it off once he saw the 'dire situation' they were in
Sol Campbell wants fans to know he did not ask for a penny back of the £1.7m owed to him by Portsmouth Football Club as the club's survival was threatened.
Campbell, 48, was captain of the side that won the 2008 FA Cup, but the South Coast club soon fell on hard times.
The club was relegated several times, and entered financial administration twice, before being saved from a High Court liquidation order by the Pompey Supporters Trust in April 2013.
Portsmouth owed Campbell £1.67m in bonuses and image rights - plus another £200,000 in interest.
The former Tottenham and Arsenal star agreed with the administrator that he would not be paid until the club's financial problems were resolved - and then wrote it off completely because he did not want to further Portsmouth's problems.

Sol Campbell said he walked away from £1.7m plus interest owed to him by Portsmouth

Campbell led Harry Redknapp's side to FA Cup glory in 2008, but the club struggled financially
Campbell spoke to Portsmouth website The News to try and clear up misconceptions about the issue. Campbell said: 'People need to know this because time has passed, but I have been honourable in everything I’ve done.
'I didn’t get my money, I had to let it go. It was more than £1.6m I was entitled to it but I didn’t want to hamper Pompey moving forward.
'Another person could have said, 'No, I want my money', but I didn’t. No way. I was honourable and let it go. I didn't take a penny.
'I’ve been very generous and perhaps people haven't appreciated that.'
Campbell said his decision to walk away from that money - and from a similar payday at Notts County - came down to a 'love of football', and that rather than cashing in on both clubs, he said 'I got nothing'.

Campbell said that he walked away once it was clear the 'dire situation' that the club was in
He said he walked away from the money because Portsmouth is a 'fantastic club', and added: 'In the end, once I knew the dire situation, I wanted to let it go and take it on the chin.'
Campbell said: 'I believe I did an amazing job at Pompey as a footballer, but the guys in the accounts department haven’t.
'I stuck to my part of the agreement, I did everything I was entrusted to do and more. I’ve kept us in the Premier League, won the FA Cup, took us into Europe, I did everything right – but they didn’t.'
After several years in the Premier League, Portsmouth currently sit in 9th place in League One.
Most watched Sport videos
- Natasha Bedingfield joins Burnley in dressing room celebration
- Moment Canelo Alvarez is surprised by his daughter appearing at face-off
- Who is the ONE boxing legend to be named as the GOAT by Frank Warren?
- Wayne Rooney ranks who he thinks are the GOATs
- 'I'd get RELEGATED': Would Spurs fans sacrifice Europa League campaign to stop Arsenal winning Champions League?
- Barry Hearn names current boxing star who could beat Muhammad Ali
- Canelo Alvarez gives his thoughts on Boxing icons in Winner Stays On
- Kiwi NBA star gives hilarious reaction to hearing the Aussie accent
- Amir Khan shares concerns over proposed Pacquiao return fight
- 'What are you trying to do to me?' Hearn quizzed in Guess the Fighter
- Mary Fowler shares video from rehab session after knee surgery
- Football legend Bastian Schweinsteiger builds his ultimate footballer