Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

[Arn]

We should offer them 1000 pies going the other way as part of the deal. Then Sam would really try his very best to sign him.

[Reece]

Meh, pies are overrated.

[Arn]

Meh, pies are overrated.

[Chazza]

Returns policy: Newcastle interested in Andy Carroll.. but only for £25m LESS than Liverpool bought him for
16 Apr 2013 22:30
West Ham can't afford him but a return to Tyneside is on the cards if Brendan Rodgers is prepared to take a massive loss

Andy Carroll is on Newcastle's radar for a summer transfer - but only at a knockdown £10 million price.

Carroll is hitting top form at West Ham and will face Manchester United tonight.

However, the Hammers can't afford a long term deal and he will return to Liverpool in the summer.

Anfield chief Brendan Rodgers is undecided whether Carroll has a future on Merseyside, but admitted last week the club has not missed his presence.

The indications are that Carroll will be shipped out again and Newcastle want to bring him home for a staggering £25 million less than they sold him to Liverpool for two years ago.

Newcastle's No1 target in the summer is an extra striker having lost Demba Ba in January, and powerful Carroll would allow them to mix up their tactics.

Chief scout Graham Carr has also watched St Etienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with owner Mike Ashley with a view to a £10 million swoop.

The Geordies are ready to play hard ball with Liverpool who themselves tried to nick Hatem Ben Arfa on the cheap in Jaunary. Rodgers is expected to call again in the summer for the French winger.

Alan Pardew wants to keep regenerating his squad, and wants to correct a bad away record and poor returns from set pieces, especially their long term inability to score from corners.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-transfers-newcastle-interested-andy-1835947

[Kenneth]

Whatever. Just get shut.

[Chazza]

Value is going down by the hour.

Newcastle United will try to sign Andy Carroll for £7m from Liverpool

Newcastle United will attempt to bring Andy Carroll back to Newcastle United for just £7 million this summer as they insist Liverpool have to be realistic about their asking price for a striker they do not want to keep.

With West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce conceding it is too expensive for him to consider turning Carroll’s loan into a permanent move at the end of the season, Newcastle appear to be the only realistic destination for the England international.

West Ham have an option to buy Carroll when his loan deal expires next month, but at £17 million and with wages of £90,000 a week, he is out of their price range ahead of the introduction of Uefa’s Financial Fair Play regulations.

That has reopened the door for Newcastle, but managing director Derek Llambias will not consider going anywhere near the £17 million Liverpool are looking to recoup for a player manager Brendan Rodgers has no intention of using.

Instead, Newcastle will open the bidding at £7 million, although they are willing to negotiate and could raise their bid to the £10 million they were willing to pay last summer before Carroll went on loan to West Ham.

Carroll is very much a priority target for Newcastle manager Alan Pardew. His side have lacked any goal threat from corners and free-kicks, something Carroll automatically brings.

Newcastle have not scored from a corner since playing Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 2011, a total of 277 wasted set-piece crosses, which has led to criticism of Pardew and his coaching staff .

The 24-year-old’s physical and combative style, allied to his excellent hold-up play with his back to goal, means Carroll is also seen as the perfect partner for poacher Papiss Demba Cissé at St James’ Park.

Liverpool will be reluctant to sell Carroll back to Newcastle for anything less than £15 million, though, given they spent a British record of £35 million to sign him in January 2011.

Although Newcastle also asked to loan their former No 9 last season with an option to buy before he went to West Ham, Liverpool refused to enter into negotiations with them.

Rodgers has been credited with an interest in Newcastle’s star player, Hatem Ben Arfa, and a potential swap deal had been mooted on Merseyside.
However, that is highly unlikely to get beyond the idea stage. Ben Arfa was adamant in an interview last week that he did not want to leave Newcastle, and Pardew did not want to sell him, even if it helped bring Carroll “back home”.

Liverpool will definitely look to sell Carroll when the transfer window opens as Rodgers has already admitted he “is too expensive to be a substitute”, but potential destinations are limited.

Carroll does not want to go abroad and there are few clubs with the means to sign a player who, for all his attributes, has not yet lived up to the goalscoring potential he showed as a teenager on Tyneside.

Although Carroll has scored six goals in his last 10 appearances, that is still only six in 22 for the whole season. Since leaving Newcastle 27 months ago, he has only managed 12 league goals.

Key to Newcastle’s confidence is the fact they know Carroll wants to join them as he is keen to return to his native North-East and, privately, admitted when he signed for Liverpool that he would like to play for his hometown club again one day.

The biggest stumbling block for Newcastle should they manage to reach an agreement with Liverpool will be Carroll’s wages, but with a new television deal swelling the coffers should they win their relegation battle, the Newcastle hierarchy believe they can manage to put together a package to satisfy the striker and his advisers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/newcastle-united/9999216/Newcastle-United-will-try-to-sign-Andy-Carroll-for-7m-from-Liverpool.html

[chadrtc]

Value is going down by the hour.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...Liverpool.html

It's now at about his actual value when we signed him.

[Gibbo]

[Kenneth]

Is it anywhere publicly accessible?

[RedReet]

Can’t believe the fuss being made over that challenge last night. Happens all the time in football and as ws pointed out, Vidic knocked Carroll off balance.

Journalist on SSN this morning…

‘If that challenge happened in the middle of the park and he went in with his studs instead of his head, would that be a red? I think so, so for me it’s the same principle and he should have been sent off’.

He then even tired to justify the blatant offside.



Talking of United, was reading yesterday that not 1 penalty has been given against them in the league this year. Don’t know why I was surprised by it though.

[Lee]

He did ****ing clatter De Gea didn't he.

[Reece]

He could've killed him!

[McDermotX]

TBH, it was a very reckless challenge. More to the point, can't remember him ever doing it for us.
Too busy farting about outside the box.

[Norbs]

It's now at about his actual value when we signed him.

[Chazza]