Lord Alan Sugar was knocked back in Sol Campbell after the former Spurs star finally revealed why he left Tottenham for Arsenal in the summer of 2001.
The former center returned the headlines on Thursday when he claimed that Spurs had tried to involve him in a police investigation after an incident after the match in Derby County.
Campbell claimed that the former board of the club had tried to 'get one over me' and use the incident to force him to sign a deal on less lucrative conditions.
Tottenham's then owner Lord Sugar, however, was quick to accept social media to respond to the allegations of the former player.
“I had the impression that there was good mutual reactions with Sol Campbell,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
'The stuff that is pressed into the sun that quoted him about his departure from Spurs is total waste. I am disappointed with him. Shame Sol! '
Although Campbell remained the number one enemy of Spurs for more than two decades, the incident led further this week when he appeared on the stick to the football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet.
After the Englishman revealed that the 15 -month investigation did not find him guilty, he was questioned whether Tottenham Chiefs knew that the steward had sustained his injury before the game.
“Or the hierarchy did it or the lawyers,” he said. 'It tried to get one over me, so if it came out, I would sign AC *** deal. I think it's all about the deal.
“They wanted to get one over me or have leverage over me. It is as if Virgil van Dijk is now going through his contract situation and is now trying to pin something on him – it is the same.
'Once that happened [the legal incident]I didn't have time for that [signing a new contract] – They literally tried to put me away without reason.
'You start thinking about how people are innocent and are stored for something they hadn't done.
'For me, to go to banks or wherever, people look at me and think I got someone's wrist, but it was someone else, a South American player.
“It's sad, it's incredible. You are a young boy, you come out and they try to pin that on you.
“For me, the episode of trying to frame me for no reason, who really ruled my decision, and I wanted to win.”
Earlier, Campbell Tottenham fans called to continue with his controversial transfer to their rivals, and has admitted that the abuse still has an impact on him for more than 20 years.
His move is still considered one of the most shocking in the history of football, where the then 26-year-old defender receives interest from all over Europe and makes the switch to Highbury.
Arsenal had held the deal under wraps, where the reporters were present at his unveiling that goalkeeper Richard Wright from Everton was announced before Campbell stood up for the press conference.
Campbell said he was subject to an 'Inferno or Hatred' on his first return to White Hart Lane as an Arsenal player in 2001.
He played more than 200 games for the club on two spells, both sides of a move to Portsmouth.
After a match against Tottenham in 2008 When Campbell played for Portsmouth, charges were filed against 11 tracks supporters for 'indecent hymns' that were made to the defender.
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