The Arsenal legend was visibly distraught.
Ian Wright paid an emotional tribute to his former Arsenal teammate Kevin Campbell An emotional Ian Wright struggled to fight back the tears as he paid an emotional tribute to his former Arsenal teammate Kevin Campbell. News reached Wright earlier on Saturday that his one-time striker partner had died, aged 54 following a short illness.
‘I appreciate my Dad was admired by many and the outpouring of love has been some comfort as a family, so thank you for that at such a difficult time,’ former Stoke striker Tyrese said in a message released on his behalf by journalist Alan Myers. ‘The pain of this is indescribable and as a son you look at your dad as invincible. He is my idol, the one I wanted to be when I grew up.
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