July 3, 2001 was supposed to be a routine signing announcement at London Colney.
Newspaper journalists and photographers had arrived at our training ground to cover the unveiling of Richard Wright, who had joined from Ipswich Town that week and was set to speak at his first press conference alongside Arsene Wenger.
But then Sol Campbell, whose contract at Tottenham Hotspur had just expired, walked into the room.
“We had an agreement that never came out,” Wenger told Arsenal Player. “I remember his press conference, when I said we will announce a player. Nobody turned up.