Andy Carroll (-> West Ham)

Andy Carroll: Liverpool and West Ham agree £15m transfer fee

West Ham have agreed a fee with Liverpool for Andy Carroll but the England striker has yet to decide if he wants to join the Hammers permanently.

The London side will match Liverpool's asking price of around £15m, but the 24-year-old is unsure about the move ahead of a World Cup year.

It is understood interest from former club Newcastle United has cooled.

West Ham are expected to bid for Vitesse Arnhem's Wilfried Bony if Carroll rejects their approach.
    The 24-year-old Ivory Coast international finished as 31-goal top scorer in the Dutch league this season, but West Ham manager Sam Allardyce has made no secret about Carroll being his main summer target.

Meanwhile, Carroll has withdrawn from the England squad for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Brazil. because of a heel injury.

Carroll was signed by Kenny Dalglish and moved to Liverpool on transfer deadline day in January 2011, for what remains a record fee for a British player of £35m.

He had impressed by scoring 31 times for his boyhood club Newcastle United in 81 appearances, but his time at Anfield was short lived.

Coupled with the arrival of Brendan Rodgers and a new style of play, Carroll's return of just six goals in 44 outings for Liverpool saw him loaned to West Ham in late August 2012.

Despite a knee injury ruling him out for December, Carroll scored seven times for Allardyce's side during the season, form which encouraged the West Ham boss to pursue a permanent deal.

"If we can start with Andy Carroll, that would be a great achievement for us as he can only get better and better," he said after West Ham's weekend win over Reading.

"Then we build around that in terms of how we want to improve next year, with better quality.

"Andy is a player who is wanting to enjoy his football. He lives for his football and wants to play every game. He wants to use his strengths and score as many as he can - but he also works very hard for the team."

Whether the deal goes through appears to rest with Carroll, who has said he has "enjoyed every minute" of his loan spell in London.

"I have had a great season here at West Ham, really enjoyed being part of a great set of lads in the team, with the staff around us and the fans," Carroll told the club's official website.

"Everyone has been so welcoming to me and I have been over the moon to be here. This is a great club."

One deal that the Hammers have completed is that of Shakhtar Donetsk left-back Razvan Rat, 31, on a free transfer which will formally go through on 1 July.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22618340

Figured we should create an Andy Carroll transfer thread for this board. Mods: Feel free to delete or merge as necessary.

Surprised that we're already being offered 15m for him, think it's about fair for the lad.

I guess its 12mil straight plus add-ons, hope we get atleast that 12 after this latest injury that's apparently keeping him out for 3 months

 Brendan Rodgers on Andy Carroll : "It's a difficult one. I spoke to him and we had a
good chat. The boy is a talent. It's just something
we need to assess between now and the end of
window.'' "The objective at the beginning of the season was
for him to go out and play. He's gone away to think
of what we spoke about and we will talk again
through the weeks." ''It was just a general conversation in terms of the
experience of getting out and playing. He enjoyed
that apart from the injury.'' "At the start of the season the whole thing was
about going and getting games because he wasn't
going to be a starter here. We will talk again with
him and the club to see how it all evolves. It's one
of those situations where it will probably be
resolved a lot quicker than that for both parties."

Its basically 17mil they spent for him (The 2mil loan fee included). Think thats a great deal for Liverpool just hope all the funds go straight back into the side.

Its basically 17mil they spent for him (The 2mil loan fee included). Think thats a great deal for Liverpool just hope all the funds go straight back into the side.

Less tax & Carrolls pay off so make it about 10 million will be pumped back into the transfer coffers!

There's a bit of a rumour going around on the Twatter that Newcastle (are you sitting down) got a 25% sell on fee implemented into the deal when they sold him to us.

Absolutely astonishing if true.

There's a bit of a rumour going around on the Twatter that Newcastle (are you sitting down) got a 25% sell on fee implemented into the deal when they sold him to us.

Absolutely astonishing if true.

Knowing how we went about our business at that point in time, that doesn't surprise me that much. You have to wonder what these business men who run football clubs think when making these deals.

Anyway, I hate saying it but can't really wait to see the back of Carroll.

There's a bit of a rumour going around on the Twatter that Newcastle (are you sitting down) got a 25% sell on fee implemented into the deal when they sold him to us.

Absolutely astonishing if true.

Astonishing is an understatement. £35M + 25%. Wow. It's probably only twitter crap though.

There's a bit of a rumour going around on the Twatter that Newcastle (are you sitting down) got a 25% sell on fee implemented into the deal when they sold him to us.

Absolutely astonishing if true.

Oh dear. Hopefully that's only the usual Twitter BS though.

There's a bit of a rumour going around on the Twatter that Newcastle (are you sitting down) got a 25% sell on fee implemented into the deal when they sold him to us.

Absolutely astonishing if true.

It's not a rumour I don't think. As far as I'm aware this has been public knowledge since not long after we signed him.

It's not a rumour I don't think. As far as I'm aware this has been public knowledge since not long after we signed him.

Yep. Pretty sure someone mentioned it on here before.

Jesus Christ. As if the worst deal in football history couldn't have got any worse.

https://www.nufcblog.com/2011/02/18/newcastle-get-25-of-any-carroll-sell-on/

According to the article, as we are not getting any profit ffrom the sell, the clause does not apply.

Have to agree in that its not surprising if true and certainly one of the worst pieces of transfer dealings in history.

Have to agree in that its not surprising if true and certainly one of the worst pieces of transfer dealings in history.

i agree but it would be worse not to sell andy as the boss clearly doesnt rate him.

As far as I'm aware this has been public knowledge since not long after we signed him.

Not that public by the way people are surprised by it now it seems.

couple of shitt sources are claiming that carroll is going to reject hammers and rejoin us and fight for his place here. Really hope that isnt the case.

If he does reject it and wants to fight for his place here fair play to the lad

Think it's a tactic by Carroll for us to lower the valuation so he can go home to Newcastle.

If so, he can f#ck right off. 15 million or nothing, if he wants to ruin his career by playing for the reserves for a year, I say we call him on his bluff. Ain't no way he's even making the bench next season

If Newcastle want him, a bidding war between WH and NFC is most welcome.

Gone to WH apparently for 15 Million... Well, if you beleive the internet, nothing from the offal.

If so we are soooo poor in the transfer market..!

Gone to WH apparently for 15 Million... Well, if you beleive the internet, nothing from the offal.

If so we are soooo poor in the transfer market..!

I know, we're always leaving things 'til the last minute.

Getting sick of it now.