15:06 Sam Carroll

Super Kev on Marco

One of my earliest matchday memories at Goodison was Kevin Campbell nodding in a near-post header against Manchester United back in 2003.

Everton needed a win to secure an unlikely UEFA Cup (ask your dad, kids) place, and when the Blues won the corner that resulted in the goal I just knew Kev was going to score.

Sadly, United came back to win 2-1 and Europe wasn’t to be - for the time being, anyway - but what a player Kev was back in the day.

He’s been chatting to Everton’s club website this afternoon, too, and he “welcomes” the appointment of Marco Silva.

“The thing I always hear about Marco Silva is that he’s really good on the training pitch, putting new ideas into players’ minds,” Campbell said. “He wins over players, which I think is very important. And it can be a hard thing to do.



“If you want to be a top manager, it’s something you have to do very quickly and he seems to be able to do that. Hopefully he comes in and the Everton players really take to his methods and it shows on the pitch.



“Everton is a huge club and it’s a huge challenge,” he added. “Silva looks to be the type who welcomes a challenge and relishes it and I really, really hope there’s a positive outcome to all the work that he does.

“It’s the first building block for a stable foundation and I welcome his appointment.”

He also had a kind word for the Evertonians who suffered a season of disappointment last year.

“The fans have always been outstanding and they want to see the team being progressive on the pitch,” he said. “The fans know what they want, I know what they want and I always feel so connected to them because I love the fans and I love the football club.”