Former Arsenal and Everton striker Kevin Campbell has died, aged 54.
He was recently recently admitted to hospital with sepsis.
Campbell was a title winner with the Gunners and a hero at Goodison Park after saving the Toffees from relegation in 1999.
Arsenal said in a statement: “We are devastated to learn that our former striker Kevin Campbell has died after a short illness.
“Kevin was adored by everyone at the club. All of us are thinking of his friends and family at this difficult time.”
Everton said: “Everyone at Everton is deeply saddened by the death of our former striker Kevin Campbell at the age of just 54.
“Not just a true Goodison Park hero and icon of the English game, but an incredible person as well – as anyone who ever met him will know.
“RIP, Super Kev.”
Campbell broke into the Arsenal first team in 1988 and went on to score 59 goals in 224 games for the club.
Alongside the 1990-91 league title, he also won the FA Cup, League Cup and European Cup Winners’ Cup.
After a spell at Nottingham Forest he had a one-season stop at Turkish side Trabzonspor, before moving to Everton in 1999 where he is remembered for his nine goals in five games which saved the club from relegation.
Fans also treasure his match-winning strike in a famous Merseyside derby victory at Anfield shortly after joining the side which earned their last success at the rival ground for 22 years.
He said of the goal: “It was at the Kop End and my view, which will live with me until the day I die, is the Blues in the Kop going crazy.
“That was, and still is, one of my favourite memories in football.”
