City boss Pearce hails Pompey’s Sol move as ‘signing of the season’

STUART PEARCE believes ace wheeler-dealer Harry Redknapp may have snapped up the signing of the season in Sol Campbell.

Unwanted at Arsenal at the end of last season, dumped by England coach Steve McClaren and with the trauma of his unexpected Highbury walkout still fresh in the mind, plenty of pundits had written Campbell off as a top-flight player.

Redknapp thought otherwise. And, while Pearce acknowledges it took a substantial portion of Alexandre Gaydamak’s vast fortune to lure the 31-year-old to Fratton Park, the Manchester City boss feels it will prove to be an astute move.