Kenwright dares to hope Everton’s blues over

BILL KENWRIGHT says the past year battling Everton’s financial turmoil has been the worst of his life.

The Everton chairman is within touching distance of a potential £30million cash injection - the first £12.8million of which he hopes will be in the club’s bank account within 14 days.

With his club third in the Premiership and facing Liverpool at home on Saturday with their biggest points’ lead over the Anfield side for 17 years, Kenwright is still cautious about allowing himself to sound a note of optimism. He has battled through a power struggle with fellow director Paul Gregg which is now little more than an uneasy truce - and the club owner said: