Maybe the Sol will rise after all.

A few weeks ago former Arsenal and England superstar was improbably signed to play for Notts County, a team who although the oldest in professional football play these days in the lowly depths of England’s Division Two. He was recruited by another fallen star, former England manager Sven Goran Erikson, who recently became the clubs Director of Football. But after just one game Sol abruptly left the training ground, never to return, and has yet to publically explain why he did so.

For many that seemed to signal the end of a long and illustrious career, but at 35, some in the game felt Campbell still has what it takes to cut it in the EPL, if as his old Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger remarked ‘he wanted it enough.”

How much he wants it is somewhat of an unknown still, but there is it seems considerable interest from Hull, Aston Villa and Wolves, all EPL clubs, in obtaining his services.

For Hull manager Phil Brown adding the solid power of Campbell to his leaky defense may help silence the ever increasing criticisms he is facing, while adding the experience of a seasoned EPL veteran like Campbell could be a big boost to a young Wolves side that is trying to find its way in the EPL after their promotion to the division after a six year absence.

But before he can speak with anyone, Campbell will have to prove to the English FA that he had a valid reason for walking away from Notts County. He has entered an appeal with the governing body to be allowed to circumvent the rules that sate unless there were exceptional circumstances that necessitated his departure he will not be eligible to sign with any other team until the January 2010 transfer window opens up.

What he may or may not have to say in his defense might shed some light on the dealings at Notts County, which many soccer pundits consider to be rather shady to say the least.

In the meantime the trouble Meadow Lane continues. After the players reported the clubs management to their union last week for failure to pay bonuses that they were promised for winning, the team and Sven Goran Erikson especially suffered another public embarrassment when forward Luke Rodgers was arrested over the weekend after a nightclub brawl.

Which is a big shame, because what is being forgotten amid all the drama behind the scenes, on the pitch the club are off to a very respectable start, having yet to be beaten at Meadow Lane in six games.