Notts County are reportedly in the hunt to sign Sol Campbell.

The 34 year old former Portsmouth defender's contract expired at the end of last season. The defender has been linked with the likes of Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle, but it is the big spending League Two side who reportedly now lead the trail for Campbell.

Campbell has of course had a marvellous career with Spurs, Arsenal, Portsmouth and England. He has won the Premier League, featured in the Champions League final and won over a half century of England caps. I also still have his autograph on the back of a London bus ticket. My sister met him in Winchmore Hill (I think by the Green) back when he played for Spurs and, as he was my favourite player at the time, grabbed his autograph for me.

This report - a fourth tier club trying to sign a 34 year old Premier League defender - certainly reminds me of Championship Manager and it is only for this reason that it caught my interest. Indeed, as The Score noted, the whole Notts County venture is like a Champman game. The new Notts County uber rich owners make me want to go back seven years* and start a Champman 01/02 game as the club just to see how quickly I can take them up to the Premier League.

Unfortunately I highly doubt the Campbell story, but its fun anyway so I wanted to share it.

*By going back seven years, I mean going back to this morning. Only kidding, Champman was many a year ago deleted from my computer. My rehab is going well.