Sol Campbell has left Macclesfield Town, only 103 days after masterminding a great escape to keep the cash stricken club in the Football League.

The former England defender said his farewells to Macclesfield’s players at training at the Sandbach Football Centre on Thursday morning, bringing to an end a highly eventful eight-and-a-half months at Moss Rose during which Campbell has enhanced his managerial reputation.

Macclesfield appeared at pains to dispel any notion of a fall-out between Campbell and owners Amar and Bashar Alkhadi, with an official statement claiming the 44-year-old’s departure was by mutual consent and had been conducted “in the most amicable of ways” and that there had been “total transparency” about the club’s plight.

But Campbell is known to have grown frustrated by the financial turmoil and organisational troubles at the club that had placed a considerable strain on his first foray into management.

Campbell succeeded in creating a siege mentality as Macclesfield - seven points adrift of safety when he took over last November - survived on the final day of last season, despite mounting off field troubles.

Macclesfield appeared in the High Court this week for the fourth time in as many months after six former players led a winding-up petition against the club over unpaid wages. The six, who applied to dismiss the petition once their money had been recovered, said the move was a “last resort”. HM Revenue and Customs has now taken over the petition, with the High Court hearing adjourned until Sept. 11. Macclesfield say they have the funds to resolve the matter before then.