{"id":295071,"date":"2023-10-24T18:24:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=295071"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:24:39","slug":"alex-iwobi-shares-heartfelt-tribute-to-bill-kenwright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/alex-iwobi-shares-heartfelt-tribute-to-bill-kenwright\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Iwobi shares heartfelt tribute to Bill Kenwright"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Everton star Alex Iwobi shares screenshot of the caring messages he used to get from Bill Kenwright stating how &#8216;proud&#8217; he was of the midfielder&#8230; as he shares very personal heartfelt tribute to late chairman<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Everton chairman Bill Kenwright has tragically passed away at the age of 78<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Former Toffee Alex Iwobi made 140 appearances\u00a0for the club from 2019 to 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>He shared a heartfelt tribute to Kenwright\u00a0and thanked him for his support\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alex Iwobi has paid a heartfelt tribute to Bill Kenwright after the Everton chairman passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Kenwright, 78, had\u00a0undergone surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his liver in August. Complications during surgery led to him spending a prolonged period in intensive care before he returned home two weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Everton announced the tragic news on Tuesday evening that Kenwright &#8211; who first joined the board at Goodison Park in 1989 &#8211; had passed away peacefully on Monday while surrounded by his family and loved ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi moved to Everton from Arsenal in 2019 for an initial \u00a328million fee and went onto make 140 appearances for the club before joining Fulham this summer.<\/p>\n<p>And after the news of Kenwright&#8217;s death was announced, the midfielder paid a touching tribute to the boyhood Evertonian and hailed the impact he had on his career.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76945131-12667265-Everton_chairman_Bill_Kenwright_has_tragically_passed_away_at_th-a-1_1698167320535.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alex Iwobi paid a heartfelt tribute to Bill Kenwright after the Everton chairman passed away\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76948489-12667265-image-a-3_1698167372372.jpg\" height=\"1204\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He shared a photo of Kenwright on social media and revealed a text conversation they had<\/p>\n<p>Sharing a photo of Kenwright on social media, Iwobi said: &#8216;RIP to a hero. Played a big part in my career and my life, I&#8217;ll forever be grateful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Along with the tribute and photo, Iwobi attached a screenshot of a message conversation with Kenwright which highlighted their close relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The Everton chief had messaged Iwobi on May 14 2022 which was during the club&#8217;s ultimately successful battle against relegation under Frank Lampard, with the Toffees facing Brentford in a crunch clash on May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Kenwright had said: &#8216;No one is more pleased than your chairman that you are on the way to becoming an Everton legend Alex&#8230; I&#8217;m SO proud of you coz I know it&#8217;s not always been easy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Be our hero tomorrow&#8230; again!! God bless you. Chairman.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi had replied at the time: &#8216;Thank you very much for the message, appreciate it so much. I&#8217;ll continue fighting for Everton.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The screenshot also showed a later message from September 18 2022 which came after Everton&#8217;s first win of the 2022-23 season, courtesy of a 1-0 victory against West Ham at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76948313-12667265-image-a-4_1698167414573.jpg\" height=\"386\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Iwobi played 140 times for Everton and insisted he would &#8216;forever be grateful&#8217; to Kenwright<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/18\/76948403-12667265-image-a-6_1698167437224.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kenwright had said he was &#8216;so proud&#8217; of Iwobi during their battle against relegation in 2021-22<\/p>\n<p>Again, Kenwright had messaged Iwobi and said: &#8216;It&#8217;s time to tell you again Alex&#8230; your chairman is so proud of you. Another immaculate performance. And a win!!!! Congratulations. Chairman.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi had then responded: &#8216;Thank you for the message, happy to get our first win this season&#8230; cheers to many more.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iwobi had originally moved to the club when Marco Silva was the manager, with Kenwright in charge as chairman.<\/p>\n<p>After a difficult start, he played a huge role in the aforementioned survival battle under Lampard in 2021-22 and then under Sean Dyche in 2022-23. He became increasingly popular with supporters before his move to Fulham.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12667265\/Alex-Iwobi-Bill-Kenwright-Everton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton star Alex Iwobi shares screenshot of the caring messages he used to get from Bill Kenwright stating how &#8216;proud&#8217; he was of the midfielder&#8230; as he shares very personal heartfelt tribute to late chairman Everton chairman Bill Kenwright has tragically passed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alex Iwobi shares heartfelt tribute to Bill Kenwright - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/alex-iwobi-shares-heartfelt-tribute-to-bill-kenwright\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alex Iwobi shares heartfelt tribute to Bill Kenwright - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Everton star Alex Iwobi shares screenshot of the caring messages he used to get from Bill Kenwright stating how &#8216;proud&#8217; 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