Andy Carroll: I must prove I'm worth £35 million
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TARGET ... Andy CarrollTOTTENHAM have tabled a new improved £25million bid for Newcastle striker Andy Carroll.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy made the offer for the England star, 22, directly to Toon chief Mike Ashley yesterday.
The package of a £22m fee with another £3m to follow would shatter Tottenham's current transfer record which is the £16.5m they paid to Charlton for Darren Bent in 2007.
Newcastle have tried to stonewall all interest in Carroll, who has scored 11 goals this season.
But Spurs are refusing to take 'no' for an answer even though Ashley has made it clear he does not want to sell the player, who is currently out with a thigh injury which has seen him miss Toon's last five games.
Ironically, Carroll picked up the problem in the 2-0 defeat at White Hart Lane last month and has been in Sweden looking for a cure to speed up his recovery.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is a big admirer of Carroll but would like to ship out some of his international forwards before the deal is done.
He is willing to sell Robbie Keane, who is interesting West Ham, and Russian hitman Roman Pavlyuchenko to make room for Carroll.
Redknapp also remains keen on Everton skipper Phil Neville and will keep plugging away in the hope of getting his man for around £1m.
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what a joke.
nvm spurs will miss the UCL spot this season.
try again next seaason OK. spurs are a nearly there club, near but not close enough.
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keep buying striker but the weakest link if your defence.
all the injury prone player in your defensive ranks.
king, woodgate, gallas. OMG!!
convert crouch to center defender! glimpse hope of UCL spot!!
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this MICKEY-MOUSE of a striker not even worth 5m pounds !
Redknapp is a complete fool..................i knew that when he was at West Ham.............so many good players still relegated more than once...............
he got lucky at Portsmouth....................his louck will run out at Spurs..............
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spurs will be bankrupt soon!!
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way way way too overated.
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A very very very rich man's kevin davies??
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Originally posted by Asromanista2001:
this MICKEY-MOUSE of a striker not even worth 5m pounds !
Redknapp is a complete fool..................i knew that when he was at West Ham.............so many good players still relegated more than once...............
he got lucky at Portsmouth....................his louck will run out at Spurs..............
YESS ANEH CURRY BRO....U ARE DAMN RITE!! HAVE U EATEN UR PRATA? -
Originally posted by KENNY DULLFOOL:
YESS ANEH CURRY BRO....U ARE DAMN RITE!! HAVE U EATEN UR PRATA?now pratas very expensive lah.........................
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Newcastle accept £35m Liverpool bid for Carroll as Reds boss Dalglish plans for life without Chelsea-bound Torres
Kop call: Toon fans' favourite Carroll looks to be heading to Anfield in a £35million deadline-day move
Newcastle have accepted a £35million bid from Liverpool for Andy Carroll.
The Magpies knocked back a £30m offer earlier on deadline day as Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish tried to tempt the 22-year-old England international to Anfield.
Dalglish set his sights on Carroll as Fernando Torres heads to Chelsea.
Spaniard Torres handed in a transfer request on Friday and is expected to join the Blues in a £50m move.
Liverpool have snapped up Uruguay striker Luis Suarez from Ajax for £22.8m but Dalglish wants Carroll to lead his line.
The 22-year-old has scored 11 Premier League goals this season but has missed the Magpies' last five games with a thigh injury.
Tottenham have already had a £25m offer knocked back by Newcastle.
Massive loss: Newcastle manager Pardew
Academy graduate Carroll has been a major hit this season after playing a key role in last season's Championship triumph, and his development since he was handed the famous No 9 shirt during the summer has been quicker than had been anticipated.
Former manager Chris Hughton, who presided over much of that rapid improvement, insisted the player still had much to learn, and Pardew has been hugely impressed with him since he arrived on Tyneside despite the fact that he has had him at his disposal for only three games so far because of injury.
Pardew has been keen to stress that retaining his biggest names was his first priority this month, and he has been repeatedly assured that Carroll would not be sold.
However, owner Mike Ashley and managing director Derek Llambias have tried to bring a financial realism to the club during their time at the helm and there is little doubt that an offer of £35m for a home-grown talent represents a major windfall.
Newcastle have cancelled their press conference on Monday afternoon ahead of Wednesday's game against Fulham.
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£35 million for this guy? Heck I'd rather pay £35 million for someone who is young and has experiences plying for other leagues though. An £35 million should be spent on someone who is more of a hitman like Edinson Cavani from Napoli though.
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Liverpool's £35m Carroll bid accepted
Andy Carroll to become the 7th most expensive player in history
January 31, 2011By ESPNsoccernet staff
PA PhotosAndy Carroll leaves training on MondayNewcastle United striker Andy Carroll could become the seventh most expensive player in the history of football after it was confirmed the club have accepted a reported £35 million bid from Liverpool.
Liverpool failed with an offer of £30 million for Carroll earlier on Monday but it is believed they have increased their offer to £35 million - a figure quoted by Newcastle for the striker. However, reports suggest the secondary offer has been rejected as well.
If a deal can be reached before the window closes at 2300 GMT, then it would elevate Carroll into an elite group of footballers.
Cristiano Ronaldo cost Real Madrid £80 million when joining from Manchester United in 2009, while only Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£60.7 million), Kaka (£56 million), Zinedine Zidane (£45.6 million), Luis Figo (£37 million) and Hernan Crespo (£35.5 million) have cost more than Carroll's reported price.
Liverpool have made the huge offer for Carroll because Fernando Torres is closing in on a £45 million to Chelsea and could leave Anfield on transfer deadline day.
Kenny Dalglish has already agreed a deal to sign Ajax forward Luis Suarez for a fee of £22.7 million. The Uruguay international will complete his move to Anfield on Monday.
Carroll has scored 11 goals in 19 games in the Premier League this season.
Meanwhile, out-of-favour striker Xisco has sealed a move from Newcastle to Deportivo La Coruna.
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Andy Carroll seals £35m Reds move
January 31, 2011By ESPNsoccernet staff
Andy Carroll has become the most expensive English player in the history of football after joining Liverpool from Newcastle in a £35 million deal.
GettyImagesAndy Carroll arrives at Liverpool's Melwood training ground on MondayCarroll, 22, was targeted by Liverpool as a replacement for Fernando Torres, who will join Chelsea in a deal worth up to £50 million.
Liverpool failed with an offer for the Newcastle striker earlier on Monday but persisted with their interest and convinced the Magpies to sell their No. 9, who had drawn favourable comparisons with his predecessor Alan Shearer.
A Liverpool statement read: "Andy Carroll has tonight completed his transfer from Newcastle United to Liverpool FC and signed a five-and-a-half-year deal that will keep him at Anfield until 2016.
"The club agreed a record transfer fee with Newcastle earlier in the day for the transfer of the England international striker. The deal was subject to the completion of a medical, which the player has now passed. Andy Carroll will wear the No. 9 shirt for Liverpool."
While Carroll has been in impressive form this season, scoring 11 goals in the Premier League and winning his first international cap, the size of the transfer fee has raised eyebrows, exceeding as it does the £30.3 million Manchester United paid Leeds for Rio Ferdinand in 2002.
Following Torres' exit, Carroll will play alongside Luis Suarez, who completed his £22.7 million move from Ajax to Liverpool earlier on Monday night.
Torres' move to Chelsea also means that Carroll's transfer is the eighth most lucrative of all time.
Meanwhile, on a day when they signed Stephen Ireland on loan from Aston Villa and attempted to bing Wigan winger Charles N'Zogbia back to the club, Newcastle also loaned striker Xisco to Deportivo La Coruna.
Xisco said on the Depor website: "I'm returning to my home. Deportivo have given me everything and I've come here focused on helping the team reach their objectives."
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Lolx nia
so exp carroll
35M.....
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Carroll completes £35m Liverpool move and then claims: I was forced out of Newcastle
Welcome to Anfield: Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish shakes hands with his new record signing Andy Carroll
Andy Carroll joined Liverpool in a sensational £35millon deal, and then claimed Newcastle had 'pushed him out of the door'.
St James' Park owner Mike Ashley is preparing himself for a backlash from fans after the striker gave up the club's famous No 9 shirt to replace Fernando Torres at Anfield - and was not replaced on Tyneside.
After earlier rejecting two offers for Carroll, Newcastle said Carroll the 21-year-old had handed in a transfer request to seal the switch.
But the editor of the ToonTalk fanzine, Steve Wraith, claimed Carroll had contacted him before flying to Merseyside and said the England striker had been left with no option but to leave.
Wraith claimed Carroll texted: 'I'm gutted to be leaving my home town club, i was told to go. I didn't want to leave that's why I signed a 5 year deal. I was pushed out of the door.'
Newcastle failed in a last-gasp £12m bid to re-sign winger Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan, but did bring in midfielder Stephen Ireland on loan from Aston Villa for the rest of the season.
New hero: Liverpool fans mob the car carrying Carroll as he arrives at Liverpool's Melwood training ground
The deal for Carroll would seem to be excellent business for the club - never before has such a fee, or anything like it, been paid for a player with only 41 Premier League games to his name.
But Newcastle legend Alan Shearer said: 'I think they (fans) will be angry. They don't want to see their top player go. The fans are not really interested in the financial side of things.
'But from the club's point of view, you've got to say that £35m is just an incredible amount of money. It's only a good deal if they go out and spend £35m- 40m on replacing him.'
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I think this Dalglish a little crazy liao paying so much for Andy Carroll...
Not surprise Mike Ashley forced him out of Newcastle in such a hurry having received so much for a half decent striker... Pack and deliver to Anfield or else where to get this kind of payday... lol.
Maybe Dalglish is re-living his dream and thinks he is re-signing Alan Shearer all over again like 19 yrs ago... Breaking the transfer record along the way too... And some people thought Darren Bent was expensive... With this Carroll deal, Villa's Bent deal is looking like a real bargain cos the sum can only pay for one of Carroll's leg... £18m compare to £35m...
And don't tell me Carroll is way better than Darren Bent...
One thing is for sure though, at least Pool got one more English player for their quota...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
I think this Dalglish a little crazy liao paying so much for Andy Carroll...
Not surprise Mike Ashley forced him out of Newcastle in such a hurry having received so much for a half decent striker... Pack and deliver to Anfield or else where to get this kind of payday... lol.
Maybe Dalglish is re-living his dream and thinks he is re-signing Alan Shearer all over again like 19 yrs ago... Breaking the transfer record along the way too... And some people thought Darren Bent was expensive... With this Carroll deal, Villa's Bent deal is looking like a real bargain cos the sum can only pay for one of Carroll's leg... £18m compare to £35m...
And don't tell me Carroll is way better than Darren Bent...
One thing is for sure though, at least Pool got one more English player for their quota...
but this fella is younger, stronger, but injured at the moment. KK is building for the future la. a whole new strikeforce..
even if they lose, they can "bite" someone... no offense.
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35m pounds...hmm he's good but i think maybe 15m is more like it.
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
but this fella is younger, stronger, but injured at the moment. KK is building for the future la. a whole new strikeforce..
even if they lose, they can "bite" someone... no offense.
Building for the future means you don't spend that much at the present...I think Pool overpaid for the future... Carroll should be closer to $20m the the other guy $15m... Cos both are half decent strikers only...
If the are worth that much, then Hernandez should cost $18m as well...
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Originally posted by zocoss:
I think this Dalglish a little crazy liao paying so much for Andy Carroll...
Not surprise Mike Ashley forced him out of Newcastle in such a hurry having received so much for a half decent striker... Pack and deliver to Anfield or else where to get this kind of payday... lol.
Maybe Dalglish is re-living his dream and thinks he is re-signing Alan Shearer all over again like 19 yrs ago... Breaking the transfer record along the way too... And some people thought Darren Bent was expensive... With this Carroll deal, Villa's Bent deal is looking like a real bargain cos the sum can only pay for one of Carroll's leg... £18m compare to £35m...
And don't tell me Carroll is way better than Darren Bent...
One thing is for sure though, at least Pool got one more English player for their quota...
selling is a no brainer to newcastle. i wonder if dalglish signed him coz he's a local. anyway he did score many goals in the premiership. lets not judge too soon.
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srsly what is with everyone calling kenny senile and living in the old days.
he hasnt even played and ppl are already calling him the biggest flop.
give him a chance. give kenny a chance. no1 has given kenny a chance here. i dun understand why utd fans come here and keep putting down kenny. give him time. give carroll time. liverpool wouldnt be forced to pay such a high price if torres had stayed.
if torres had been professional enough to request for a transfer at the start of the window and not at the end with only 2 days left this wouldnt have happened.
yes i think carroll is prolly worth 20m but thats not the point. the point is newcastle will reject a 20m bid. u guys come in here and discuss but who do u think can really replace torres? no one. but since he wanted to leave liverpool had to try to find a replacement and andy carroll is that person now. pls dun judge him b4 he plays a single game.
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he shouldn't have sold torres in the first place. Torres has a contract to honour.
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Originally posted by TIB1167D:
£35 million for this guy? Heck I'd rather pay £35 million for someone who is young and has experiences plying for other leagues though. An £35 million should be spent on someone who is more of a hitman like Edinson Cavani from Napoli though.
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Originally posted by zocoss:
I think this Dalglish a little crazy liao paying so much for Andy Carroll...
Not surprise Mike Ashley forced him out of Newcastle in such a hurry having received so much for a half decent striker... Pack and deliver to Anfield or else where to get this kind of payday... lol.
Maybe Dalglish is re-living his dream and thinks he is re-signing Alan Shearer all over again like 19 yrs ago... Breaking the transfer record along the way too... And some people thought Darren Bent was expensive... With this Carroll deal, Villa's Bent deal is looking like a real bargain cos the sum can only pay for one of Carroll's leg... £18m compare to £35m...
And don't tell me Carroll is way better than Darren Bent...
One thing is for sure though, at least Pool got one more English player for their quota...
This one is really a panic buy...he was left with no choice by Torres action...Torres has let evryone down at Liverpool..pity those kids who got his shirt for Christmas last month!
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Originally posted by Rock^Star:
he shouldn't have sold torres in the first place. Torres has a contract to honour.
yes he does.
but why keep someone who doesnt even want to be part of the team?
and he has been useless up till recently this season. look at his stats this season the no. of runs he made. why keep him when theres plenty who are more than willing to fill his place and work much harder than him.