Sol Campbell appointed assistant coach of Trinidad and Tobago

The 42-year-old Londoner, who made over 500 Premier League appearances across his years with Spurs, Arsenal, Portsmouth and Newcastle, will work with new national boss Dennis Lawrence.

A statement published by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) said Campbell would link up with former Swansea player Lawrence, also 42, ahead of a home-based training camp late next month and World Cup qualifying matches against Panama and Mexico in March.

While Campbell has had no involvement in the professional game since retiring in 2012, Lawrence began coaching with Wigan's backroom team, following Roberto Martinez to Everton four years ago.

He played every minute of his country's 2006 World Cup campaign in Germany, which included a 2-0 group-stage defeat to England in Nuremberg that saw Campbell confined to the substitutes' bench.