Campbell has been touted as one of the few potential rivals to Tony Adams for the England captaincy. His youth and fitness count in his favour, and he has been given the armband against the Czechs last year (when Adams and Shearer were both injured) and when Shearer was taken off against Argentina recently.

But Sol himself has no doubts about who it should be.

"It's an honour to play for England, but Tony Adams is the one who is going to be captain. It is always the way, and players know the pecking order. It is because of what he has done in the game and because he has been captain before. Tony is the natural choice. As long as I'm playing for England and we are qualifying for tournaments, I will be happy."

Tony has stated that he has no intention of following Shearer's example and quitting after the summer. But sadly, if he doesn't sort out his injury problems the decision might not need to be made. It's not impossible that he won't play again this season, and one has to wonder whether it would be wise for Keegan to make a player captain who might not make many of the games.

Adams and Campbell should be going head-to-head at Highbury in 10 days time. But there's a fair chance that the Arsenal captain won't make it.