Andy Carroll - Best Striker in the World

[Neil Young]

Maybe we can, my peppermint friend.

[Bender]

The £35m is already sunk. Whatever we get is money in.

Maybe we can ask for them milk baps Lee was salivating over

[Neil Young]

The £35m is already sunk. Whatever we get is money in.

[Bender]

Yeah reckon a £34 million loss on this deal ....... What the hell might as well write the whole £35 million off

[Neil Young]

It's just a negotiating ploy. As has been said, it's not like West Ham didn't know about FFP before. So they're just using that as part of their pitch.

And it's not like our negotiators didn't know when they agreed the deal last summer that West Ham would try to force down the price this summer.

Who knows where it will end up - maybe he'll sign for West Ham for £5m or £12m or maybe he'll come back to us or be sold to Newcastle or whatever. But none of what's been said means anything.

[Bender]

New financial fair play rules could scupper West Ham's hopes of signing striker Andy Carroll, manager Sam Allardyce says.

The on-loan Liverpool striker, 24, is open to a move to the London club.

But Allardyce said restrictions due to be introduced next season may prevent any move for the England man.

Allardyce said: "I will still point towards financial restrictions being implemented next season - they could blow the whole deal in one go."

The new financial rules agreed by Premier League clubs mean each team will not be allowed to make a total loss of more than £105m over the next three seasons.

They must also limit their player wage bills - and breaching the rules could result in a points deduction.

Liverpool paid a club-record £35m to sign Carroll from Newcastle United in January 2011 and would be looking to recoup at least half of that fee if they were to sell a forward who has scored four times in his last five appearances.

Allardyce fears the change, due to come into force next season, could affect his ability to strengthen his side.

"Financially you are restricted to be able to do it," he said.

"So in one fell swoop the financial restrictions mean Andy Carroll can't sign for us from Liverpool because it's too expensive, even if he wanted to.

"I might not be able to afford Andy Carroll, full stop, even if I wanted him, even if the chairmen wanted him, even if we all wanted him - which we do - it will not be allowed to happen."

However the Hammers manager, whose side host league leaders Manchester United on Wednesday, accepted it would take some time before the real impact of the regulations on clubs was known.

"I suppose across the board when you first introduce something new the fair/unfair scenario has to get sorted out somewhere along the line to find out how you have to tweak it to make it better," he said.

[Lee]

**** it.

Tell you what; now Fat Sam has confirmed that West Ham won't be buying Carroll I'd call him back now. We're probably paying a portion of his wages anyway so we might as well pay the full wages for the last month of the season.

Arsehole.

[little dave hedgehog]

have changed my mind about carroll.......we need to use him to our advantage it's not always about pretty football it's about getting results how you can and carroll can be an advantage to us the biggest negative about him is his fee...he has shown he is capable of scoring goals and other things too many times this season we have lacked a plan b

five yard penalty; run on sentences.

[Leyton388]

****ing hate the fat prick

[Tee]

Fat *******.

Succinct yet so definitive.

[Mark79]

Yep, best just cut our losses. Trying to crowbar him into Rodger's system will most likely just impair him and the team.

[The Birdman]

Andy Carroll is and will be a very good player in the right system, under Rodgers we will never, never play in a way that brings out his strengths, we'll sell him for circa £12-15m with add ons and he'll be a big success wherever he goes and some on here will moan that we didn't keep him.
He won't play another competitive minute's football for us, and nor should he.

[Chazza]

[Shaggy]

[Assassin]

Chazza might be carrying an extra couple of kilos, but that is a bit harsh