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2. Sol Campbell to Arsenal

Lewandowski x1000. Campbell was Tottenham Hotspur’s crown jewel and vowed to stay at White Hart Lane, only to shock the footballing world when he turned up at Arsenal in the summer of 2001.

Very few have crossed the North London divide directly and the fact that Campbell did it without Spurs getting a penny for his highly-valued services made him a hate figure among Tottenham fans.