Andy Carroll

[Mattshark]

Carroll could score 30 goals this season for them, they still won't spend another £17m on him and they have no intention of doing so.

Pretty sure they would.

[Suarez]

We won't get anyone paying that after last season. At least WHU will punt it at his head all game.

I still think someone would blow £15m on him, he looked a lot more like the Newcastle Carroll towards the end of the season and did quite well in the Euro's.

[tsb]

He's hardly incentivised to play well for them is he?

[Suarez]

Pretty sure they would.

We'll see.

[yamiedo]

What if he has a great season. Scores about 15-20 goals and West Ham still get relegated. At least then we'll be looking at offers of around 20m.

[Mattshark]

I still think someone would blow £15m on him, he looked a lot more like the Newcastle Carroll towards the end of the season and did quite well in the Euro's.

He looked good in comparison to how awful he was early in the season, he still looked a midtable player lacking technique.

Yes, Hodgson, long ball, still looked average at best.

[Leyton388]

I think some of that money went on covering the Suarez deal, since we farted around bidding £14m for him, and then suddenly bid £22m.

Agreed that we should've gone higher. I'm sure Kenny and Comolli were convinced they could mould him into a Llorente type of player. I guess Rodgers has looked at tapes of him with fresh eyes and decided he can't be it.

Agree mate with the torres money we bumped the suarez bid up by £8m which meant we had another £12m to play with after bilbao rejected our £30m but we didn't even bother going back with the £35m and got rinsed by Newcastle after they also rejected a £30m bid.

[Rich]

Carroll could score 30 goals this season for them, they still won't spend another £17m on him and they have no intention of doing so.

If he scores 30 goals next season we would have no shortage of takers for him.

[Lee]

What if he has a great season. Scores about 15-20 goals and West Ham still get relegated. At least then we'll be looking at offers of around 20m.

Nah, I can't see us getting £20m now that it's common knowledge that he's clearly not wanted here.

The West Ham deal is probably the best that we can hope for.

[Mattshark]

If he scores 30 goals next season we would have no shortage of takers for him.

It is the scoring just 4 in the league that has dented his resale value.

[Suarez]

If he scores 30 goals next season we would have no shortage of takers for him.

He won't though, my point is that I believe that West Ham have no intention of buying him.

[danperkins]

Andy Carroll will never,ever be a 20 goal a season man never min 30, not a chance.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

The thing about him is, he's just not very imposing unless he's really up for it (Newcastle Away, first 15minutes) when he's putting himself about he's a handful but that happens once every blue moon it seems.

He could be a very good player, in fact Fat Sam might make him develop that ruthlessness he needs in his game.

[Chazza]

Andy Carroll: West Ham agree loan fee with Liverpool

By Ian Dennis
BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter

West Ham United have agreed a £2m loan fee with Liverpool for Andy Carroll.

The season-long deal for the England striker would be with a view to a permanent transfer of £17m, provided West Ham stay in the Premier League.

However, it is thought the 23-year-old does not wish to leave Liverpool on a permanent basis.

The Reds turned down a bid from Newcastle to re-sign the player, having bought him from the Magpies for a club record fee of £35m in January 2011.

Carroll, who scored one goal for his country at Euro 2012, has struggled since his big-money move, having scored just 11 goals in 56 appearances.

He appears to have become surplus to requirements at Anfield following the arrival of former Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers and the signing of Italian striker Fabio Borini from Roma.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew had hoped to bring the former Toon Army favourite back to the club.

Rodgers had said Liverpool would not consider a loan move for the player, but the Northern Irishman now appears prepared to allow Carroll, 23, to link up with former Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce at Upton Park.

Carroll had also been linked with a transfer to Italian side AC Milan.

The striker began his career at Newcastle, spending a season on loan at Preston, before returning to the club and becoming top-scorer in the 2009-10 season as the Magpies returned to the Premier League.

Carroll collected a League Cup winner's medal with Liverpool last season, starting in the Wembley final against Cardiff City.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19056545

[Leyton388]

BBC sports understand = Must be a load of ****