Sol Campbell has enlisted the advice of players' union chief Gordon Taylor in an attempt to resolve a dispute with his former club Notts County, who are currently refusing to let him move on.

According to the Daily Mail, the Magpies are preventing Campbell, 35, from joining a new club by hanging on to the defender's registration, as they attempt to impose a five-year gagging order on their former employee.

Campbell shocked the world of football when joined the League Two outfit in August, after the Magpies were subject to Middle Eastern investment, but sensationally quit after just one game, blaming broken promises made to him by the club.

And now County are aiming to blackmail the former Arsenal and Tottenham stopper by refusing to release his registration until the two side's reach an agreement over his 'statement of departure', denying him the chance of joining another club.

Campbell therefore, is caught between a rock and a hard place, as he wants to tell his side of the story over why he left the club, but is also keen to join a new club in January, and ideally before the window opens in the New Year.

It would appear that after all of the flack that Campbell received following his hasty exit from Meadow Lane, County really do have something to hide, and they are determined to ensure that the truth doesn't come out.

PFA chief executive Taylor has been ushered in to try to smooth over the row, while he is hopeful that, with his backing, former England man Campbell will find his way into another club in the near future.

"At the moment, Notts County are refusing to cancel the contract as they are trying to protect themselves, hence our current dilemma," he told ESPN.

"This statement is necessary for Sol to move on with his life and to take his appeal to the Premier League and the Football League to enable him to play for another club on special dispensation."

'Clearly, no club is entitled to hold onto a player's registration without paying him, and the club have paid Sol up until the point at which he left, but, clearly, technically, they should continue to pay him, if they hold his registration," he added.