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"It was a very hard decision. It's hard to let go when you have been a top sportsman for a long, long time," Campbell said. "To say that I am not going to play professional football again is difficult because I've had a long time at the top.
"I had a couple of offers to carry on – one from a Premier League team, and another from a team who have just been promoted to the Premier League, but I had a foot injury and by the time I'd recovered from that people had already moved on."
Campbell, who won 73 England caps, rose through the Tottenham ranks before making a controversial move to bitter rivals Arsenal in 2001.
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