Care for Carew?

[lfc4ever]

Would Rafa still be interested?

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=441010&CPID=24&clid=14&lid=&title=English+on+alert+for+Carew

Skysports.com understands that a host of English clubs have made enquiries about John Carew.

His agent confirmed earlier this month that Carew was in demand, and skysports.com has now learnt that up to five Premiership clubs could be ready to make the Norwegian an offer.

The 27-year-old has long been linked with a move to England and although happy with life at Lyon - the rotation policy under Gerard Houllier is not believed to be to his liking.

It is believed that Liverpool, Newcastle, West Ham, Aston Villa and Middlesbrough have all enquired about Carew at some level.

Some of the clubs are further on in their discussions but it is understood Carew would consider all offers before determining his future.

England remains his top priority, as he has already tried his luck in Spain, Italy and Turkey - although clubs from La Liga, Serie A and the Bundesliga are also readying offers.

Meanwhile, Bordeaux have confirmed they would readily throw their hat into the ring for Carew - although they dismissed talk of a possible swap for Moroccan ace Marouane Chamakh.

"If we have expressed an intention to sign john Carew, we have never thought or talked about an exchange with Marouane Chamakh," Bordeaux supremo Jean-Louis Triaud told AFP.

[Pacman]

I Fcuking hope not he's donkey turd.

[Red_Polo]

Don't think we need a player like him tbh regardless of how you rate him

[captainfog]

I Fcuking hope not he's donkey turd.

Spot on

he is another Heskey

Crotch is also better and does a similar job

[JRG]

nowhere near good enough in my view

[kopdan]

wonder if JAR has been tapping him up for us

[Parm]

if he is not happy with Ged rotating him then he wont be happy with Rafa's rotation. I think he was under Rafa at Valencia and he wasnt quite first choice, may even have been loaned out to Roma and offered to Fulham/West Brom by Rafa.

[Pacman]

wonder if JAR has been tapping him up for us

If he has then JAR should be sold.

[dww]

Every year there is at least one of these everyone in the PL is after Carew stories. He is the new Benni McCarthy I guess. In the end he will end up somewhere in the bottom half for a couple of seasons.

[kopdan]

If he has then JAR should be sold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carew

read 3rd para

[lfc4ever]

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2003/03/21/198999

Spain had a red envelope night in the Champions League on Wednesday but their ecstasy was English misery as Barcelona and Valencia extinguished Newcastle and Arsenal's hopes of making the last eight.

Arsenal's 2-1 Group B defeat in Valencia came thanks to a double by Norwegian international striker John Carew, the same man who ended their hopes two years ago in the quarterfinals, and extended their winless drought in all competitions to four matches.

Arsenal, who have only made the last eight once in five campaigns, saw their last hope of sneaking in disappear as Dutch side Ajax confirmed their youthful promise by holding AS Roma 1-1 in Rome, Andy van der Meyde scoring in the first minute, to progress while the Italian giants exited.

Newcastle's 2-0 defeat at home to Barcelona in Group A confirmed the end of their great adventure this season.

However even victory over a club formerly managed by their boss Bobby Robson wouldn't have mattered a jot as Inter Milan beat ailing Champions League finalists Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 to reach the quarterfinals.

Carew's double either side of a trademark goal by Thierry Henry propelled the Spanish side into top spot in the group and ended a winless run of five matches in all competitions and handed Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger a salutary lesson in not opening ones mouth before the season is over.

The Frenchman had opined earlier in the season his side was good enough to go unbeaten in all competitions and their exit will be all the sourer given that his bitter rival Manchester United's handler Alex Ferguson will take the only English representative into the last eight.

"We are all in the same boat and I'm not going to put the blame on anyone in particular," Wenger said.

"We are all responsible. But it is also a question of bad luck, this is the only game we have lost in this phase of the competition.

"We just ran out of steam after the second goal. I thought we might be a bit mentally tougher," added the Frenchman.

His Spanish counterpart Rafa Benitez was delighted his bold declaration beforehand of winning had come off.

"The word defeat isn't part of our vocabulary," he said, using triumphant phraselogy rarely heard from the usually taciturn coach.

Benitez said Carew's habit of scoring against Arsenal came out of his desire to play in England, a move to Fulham fell through at the last minute last season.

"Carew likes English football and so maybe he has a special motivation to do well in the Champions League against teams from there," said Benitez.

[JermainePennant]

If carew could settle in england I think he would be brilliant here.When he is on his game he is very hard to deal with.He could do crouchs job a lot better imo, he is storonger, quicker and better in the air.

I would like us to sign him but cant see it happening as I think he had some problems with rafa at valencia.

[Pacman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carew

read 3rd para

Do you know what happend?

Did JAR text his missus?

[kopdan]

no idea

someone got punched

....no not donkey

[dww]

If carew could settle in england I think he would be brilliant here.When he is on his game he is very hard to deal with.He could do crouchs job a lot better imo, he is storonger, quicker and better in the air.

I would like us to sign him but cant see it happening as I think he had some problems with rafa at valencia.

I think most of the problems come from the fact he plays brilliantly in one or two games a season and is average to poor in the rest and doesn't score many goals.