Andy Carroll

[G]

If the plan is to sell him I'd rather loan him out to a team that plays to his strengths and will make him the focal point of their attack.

Hopefully then he will get back to Newcastle type form,his value will increase and we can sell him next summer.

Whoever loans him needs to be paying 100% of his wages though.

[Baracus]

I'd sell him now for a packet of Jelly Babies

[Bender]

If the plan is to sell him I'd rather loan him out to a team that plays to his strengths and will make him the focal point of their attack.

Hopefully then he will get back to Newcastle type form,his value will increase and we can sell him next summer.

Whoever loans him needs to be paying 100% of his wages though.

which ever way this is gonna be probably one of the biggest football financial disasters [lfc are good at this]ever on par with the Banking collapse and thats a fact!well close enough.

[Baracus]

Nah Mendieta was a disaster, Claudio Lopez, plenty of big transfer flops. Just a shame Harry Redknapp is no longer at a club. If Darren Bent can be sold over and over again for well over 20m. I can safely say AC if BR decides to sell could command a fee of 20m+ in the Premiership or 35m+ to Russia/China/Uzbekistan/Turkministan

[G]

which ever way this is gonna be probably one of the biggest football financial disasters [lfc are good at this]ever on par with the Banking collapse and thats a fact!well close enough.

Oh we'll defo still lose a a shed load,but not as much then we would if we sold him now I'd hope.

[Baracus]

We can add AC to a growing List of Big Money Flops if he gets sold

1. Carroll 35m
2. Robbie Keane 20m
3. Aquilani 20m
4. Downing 20m
5. Diouf 10m

[Chazza]

Liverpool's Andy Carroll interests Fulham, Aston Villa and West Ham United

Fulham, Aston Villa and West Ham United are vying to sign Andy Carroll from Liverpool with AC Milan’s interest in the £35 million striker expected to be increased if Zlatan Ibrahimovic is sold to Paris Saint-Germain.

By Jason Burt

9:17PM BST 11 Jul 2012

At present, Fulham are the only club prepared to make an offer to buy - rather than loan - Carroll, with Liverpool having already decided to contact clubs to see if they are interested in signing the England international.

It had been thought that Liverpool were seeking a loan for Carroll, whose future has been publicly questioned by new manager Brendan Rodgers, but it is understood they are interested in a sale. That would, as things stand, make Fulham the favourites if the player can be persuaded to leave.

West Ham chairman David Sullivan is due to meet Carroll’s agent, Mark Curtis, on Thursday but sources at the newly-promoted Premier League club still rate the chances of success at little more than “10 per cent”.

Nevertheless West Ham are keen to make a ‘marquee’ signing and will continue to push for Carroll. Even if the 23 year-old did go out only on loan, it would be an expensive deal with Liverpool expected to demand a big loan fee and a high portion, if not all, of his wages being covered.

Fulham want to acquire a powerful striker having missed out on Russia international Pavel Pogrebnyak, who was on loan last season but has since agreed a permanent deal with Reading. With Fulham having sold Bobby Zamora to Queens Park Rangers in January and Andy Johnson leaving to join the same club this summer, they are short of strikers.

Fulham are also acutely aware of Liverpool’s interest in Clint Dempsey, who has just one more year left on his contract at Craven Cottage and would like to leave, ideally in search of Champions League football.

Liverpool cannot offer that to the American but are undoubtedly a bigger club although they are resisting the £7 million plus being asked for by Fulham for a player who is 29. Liverpool are understood to have made an offer, however, and talks are ongoing. Fulham would like to investigate the possibility of agreeing a deal of Dempsey plus cash for Carroll – who is believed to now only be valued at around £15 million – although the club will also have to evaluate the player’s character.

Liverpool are expected to tomorrow announce the signing of Fabio Borini from Roma for around £11 million, which will raise further questions over Carroll’s chances of regular first-team football this season.

Liverpool could rationalise his sale, and the loss of £20 million in his fee, by claiming they would still remain in profit given he was signed following the £45 million recouped from Fernando Torres’s departure to Chelsea in January last year.

Carroll has insisted that he would like to stay at Liverpool and fight for his place but if Rodgers makes it clear he is not part of his plans then it could lead to a rethink, especially if the former Newcastle striker is determined to pursue his England career. Carroll would not appear to fit the fluid 4-3-3 formation favoured by Rodgers, who had Borini on loan at Swansea and has tracked his progress in Serie A.

Tottenham have turned down the chance to make an offer, after being contacted on Tuesday by Liverpool, who were in contact with a number of clubs, although Villa have registered an interest through new manager, Paul Lambert. However, it is understood that Carroll does not want to join Villa and might prefer a move to London if he is made to leave Anfield.

Milan’s interest is thought to be genuine but may be contingent on Ibrahimovic leaving the Italian club. PSG want to sign the striker and Brazilian defender Thiago Motta and a double-bid could be made this week.

Ibrahimovic’s agent Mino Raiola, who also represents Mario Balotelli, held talks with Milan on Wednesday and the Swede’s future is understood to have been discussed given the interest of the cash-rich and highly-ambitious PSG.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9393684/Liverpools-Andy-Carroll-interests-Fulham-Aston-Villa-and-West-Ham-United.html

[Cormack74]

We can add AC to a growing List of Big Money Flops if he gets sold

1. Carroll 35m
2. Robbie Keane 20m
3. Aquilani 20m
4. Downing 20m
5. Diouf 10m

Blimey seeing that makes me want to weep.

Surely the Mancs have similar big money flops someone can post here. The Chavs obviously do.

[Shaggy]

Oh well. I'd rather he stayed, he's really growing on me, but if we can get £15m and put it towards a quality centre forward then it's a good thing.

Feel bad for Andy though, feel really bad for him.

[Kenneth]

Anyone have any idea what wages Carroll is on?

[Kenneth]

He struggled to move from Newcastle to Liverpool. Can't see him thinking moving to Italy would be good.

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We can add AC to a growing List of Big Money Flops if he gets sold

1. Carroll 35m
2. Robbie Keane 20m
3. Aquilani 20m
4. Downing 20m
5. Diouf 10m

I think Aquilani will prove his worth...

[Kenneth]

Craig would be going absolutely ape**** about this.

[Joey Jones]

Anyone have any idea what wages Carroll is on?

Got to be around the £70k mark.

[Chazza]

Anyone have any idea what wages Carroll is on?

Ive read a few times he is on 80k but no idea how accurate that is