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DJ Campbell delighted about move to Blackpool
By LCFC | September 3, 2010
DJ Campbell has said he has wanted his move to Blackpool for a long time and is delighted it has finally been completed.
The striker ended his unhappy three-year spell with Leicester City when he moved to Bloomfield Road just before the transfer window closed on Tuesday in a deal believed to be worth just under £1.5 million.
Campbell had publicly said at the end of last season he wanted to join the Seasiders permanently after enjoying a successful loan spell with Ian Holloway's side last season.
But it looked as if a deal would not be done as City and Blackpool seemed miles apart in their valuation for the 28-year-old.
Holloway wanted the striker, who helped fire the Tangerines into the Premier League, and admitted he was one of his main summer transfer targets.
City wanted to recoup as much of the £1.6 million they paid Birmingham City for the Londoner in July, 2007, but Blackpool wanted Campbell, who scored 11 goals in 18 games for them last season, as cheaply as possible, and even proposed a free transfer, which was completely rejected.
As a result, it looked as though Campbell would have to see out the final year of his four year contract and new City boss Paulo Sousa said Campbell was happy to stay.
However, Campbell, who scored just five goals in 41 appearances for City, said a move to the north west was always his intention, and it is understood he made Sousa aware of his desire to leave.
"Being a permanent Blackpool player after all this time makes me feel hungry and as though I want to succeed and help the club stay up," he said.
"I've been wanting this for I don't know how long now and finally it has come true so I am delighted to be here.
"All the fans and all the players know I wanted to come back and I am just delighted that it has been made possible.
"I am delighted to be in the Premier League and it is a bonus to be in the Premier League with Blackpool."
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