Andy Carroll

[Fivex]

For the record I carried out a search prior to that post to make sure.

Mugged myself off too many times before.

[Lee]

What's this about Rodgers and Carroll having a punch-up last season then? Any truth in it?

[Gibbo]

Yeah mate, Rodgers had a roman nose before he met big Andy.

[Fivex]

They had a disagreement over Westlife apparently.

[Tee]

£35m.

£35m.

Seriously, £35m.

[McDermotX]

£35m.

£35m.

Seriously, £35m.

Madness.....absolute madness.

/cue desperate attempts to somehow link only spending that amount due to the other ****er.

[Gibbo]

£35m.

£35m.

Seriously, £35m.

Don't.

[baitman]

Don't.

its like a festering wound that wont heal, no matter how much germolene you put on it

[dom9]

Harsh.

Overpriced, yes.

Festering wound? No.

[baitman]

Harsh.

Overpriced, yes.

Festering wound? No.

i mean more the pain of the spunking of the money and what we could have built with it if well spent... not andy.

[The_weatherman]

Some Icelandic blokes were out in London last weekend, the were partying and met Carroll in a casino on sunday morning. He was very friendly and they took a picture, but maybe he shouldn't have gone to London.....he'll come back with a drinking and gambling problem

[Daniel 7]

He'll be the new Charlie Nicholas!

[rudedog]

He'll be the new Charlie Nicholas!

yeah but Champagne Charlie had the mulletude to back it up

[Tee]

I genuinely did hate Charlie Nicholas when he went to Arsenal. So happy we never got him and I much preferred Paul Walsh anyway.

[Chazza]

Alan Pardew: I want Andy Carroll back at Newcastle

Alan Pardew wants to bring Andy Carroll back to Newcastle when his West Ham loan expires.

Carroll, 23, is on loan with the Hammers - who visit St James' Park on Sunday - until the end of the season.

But Magpies manager Pardew is keen to re-sign him having sold the striker to Liverpool for £35m in January 2011.

"He's a Liverpool player and not wanted so at some point he's going to move permanently," said Pardew. "I'd like to think we'll be in the mix for that."

England striker Carroll scored 31 goals in 80 league appearances for Newcastle before moving to Anfield.

He returns to St James' Park along with former Magpies team-mate Kevin Nolan.

And Pardew told BBC Sport he would also re-sign midfielder Nolan, who joined West Ham from Newcastle in June 2011, if he could afford to.

Former West Ham boss Pardew said: "Big Andy hopefully one day will want to come back and certainly I'd like to have them both in my squad now because we would be stronger for it.

"But obviously finances restrict me from doing that."

Pardew believes Newcastle owe Carroll a "great debt" for generating £35m for the club when he joined Liverpool.

The Newcastle manager says the cash enabled the Magpies to finish fifth last season and qualify for the Europa League.

"The fee was astronomical, we have used it well," he added.

Newcastle have signed Papiss Cisse from Freiburg for £9m, Yohan Cabaye from Lille for £4.8m and Demba Ba from West Ham on a free since Carroll left the north east almost two years ago.

"The position we are in, if I'm honest, is because we used the money from Andy's sale well," said Pardew.

"He was a brilliant player for us and we owe a great debt to him."

Meanwhile, West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he has moved on from his turbulent time as Newcastle boss as he prepares to return with the Hammers on Sunday.

Allardyce was sacked by Newcastle almost five years ago.

"There has been a lot of water under the bridge since then," said Allardyce.

"Life moves on, I don't live in the past. I can only look to the future as best I can."

Andy Carroll career stats
•Newcastle (2006-11): 91 games all competitions, 33 goals
•Preston (loan Aug 2007-08): 12 games, 1 goal
•Liverpool (2011): 57 games, 11 goals
•West Ham (2012): 6 league games, 0 goals
•England (2010-present): 9 games, 2 goals

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20271855