Kevin Thelwell releases classy Everton statement after summer departure confirmed
Everton director of football Kevin Thelwell is due to leave the club in the summer after three years
Kevin Thelwell has described his time at Everton as a “privilege” as he reflected on his three years at the club in a statement to supporters. The director of football is set to leave his post at the end of the season as part of a swathe of changes to the Blues hierarchy under new owners The Friedkin Group (TFG).\
In a message relayed through the association of sporting directors, Thelwell looked back at his time spent trying to help Everton through problems on and off the pitch.
He dealt with two points deductions and three relegation battles amid ownership and boardroom crises but, with the club now 16 points clear of the bottom three under returning manager David Moyes, is set to depart with it still a Premier League outfit.
Thelwell drew on the experiences of his six transfer windows – across which the Blues made a profit of around £80m through the sales of key players like Anthony Gordon and Richarlison and the gutting of their academy.
Such an approach was influenced by the financial constraints Thelwell was operating within.
