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Andy Hunter @AHunterGuardian
Adam Morgan starts up front for Liverpool. Rodgers has done everything but drive Carroll to Upton Park personally.
Adam Morgan starts up front for Liverpool. Rodgers has done everything but drive Carroll to Upton Park personally.
Yup, liking that. FSG fronting the cash for a replacement now makes it pretty much perfect.
It isn't supposed to be an option to buy if they stay up ... it's a £17m commitment.
Andy Carroll set to join West Ham on loan
Tony Barrett
Updated 21 minutes ago
Liverpool have agreed to allow Andy Carroll to join West Ham United on a one year loan deal having accepted that a permanent transfer is now highly unlikely.
Carroll travelled to London earlier today to undergo a medical after Liverpool relented on their original stipulation that the out of favour forward would only be allowed to leave if a permanent deal was agreed with either West Ham or Newcastle United.
Neither club came up with such an offer and Liverpool were faced with the choice of either keeping Carroll as third choice or allowing the 23-year-old to spend the rest of the season at West Ham with the London club paying his £80,000 weekly wage.
With just 24 hours to go until the transfer window closes, Brendan Rodgers agreed to allow Carroll to depart on loan with the bitter pill being sweetened slightly by a £1 million loan fee.
The transfer is a remarkable coup for West Ham who had previously offered a £1 million loan fee for Carroll to be followed by a £17 million permanent transfer as long as they retained their Premier League status.
It is a blow to Rodgers, though, as the Liverpool manager had hoped that Carroll’s departure would boost his spending power on transfer deadline day and he is now hoping Charlie Adam will complete a £5 million transfer to Stoke City, with Everton also a possible destination for the midfield player.
Tony Barrett
Updated 21 minutes ago
Liverpool have agreed to allow Andy Carroll to join West Ham United on a one year loan deal having accepted that a permanent transfer is now highly unlikely.
Carroll travelled to London earlier today to undergo a medical after Liverpool relented on their original stipulation that the out of favour forward would only be allowed to leave if a permanent deal was agreed with either West Ham or Newcastle United.
Neither club came up with such an offer and Liverpool were faced with the choice of either keeping Carroll as third choice or allowing the 23-year-old to spend the rest of the season at West Ham with the London club paying his £80,000 weekly wage.
With just 24 hours to go until the transfer window closes, Brendan Rodgers agreed to allow Carroll to depart on loan with the bitter pill being sweetened slightly by a £1 million loan fee.
The transfer is a remarkable coup for West Ham who had previously offered a £1 million loan fee for Carroll to be followed by a £17 million permanent transfer as long as they retained their Premier League status.
It is a blow to Rodgers, though, as the Liverpool manager had hoped that Carroll’s departure would boost his spending power on transfer deadline day and he is now hoping Charlie Adam will complete a £5 million transfer to Stoke City, with Everton also a possible destination for the midfield player.
An article yesterday claimed this was happening & that Rodgers would get the cash from his purchase next season now to spend from the owners.
Not saying it's true, but a possible reason for no committment to buy might be that that was the only deal Carroll would agree to, mightn't it? As in, he accepts a loan as a last resort, but has no interest in a permanent transfer there.
Andy Hunter @AHunterGuardian
Rodgers said last week he would be "a nutcase" to let Carroll go "unless there are other solutions". Specific on no loan to Newcastle.
Rodgers said last week he would be "a nutcase" to let Carroll go "unless there are other solutions". Specific on no loan to Newcastle.
It's almost as bad as dealing with Newcastle. David Gold, a bloke who wears a 'DG' badge on his lapel in case he forgets what his initials are, David Sullivan, a man with all the charm of a used condom, and Allardyce, a buffoon who makes Fred Flintstone seem three dimensional. And a bunch of supporters who have somehow arrived in 2012 via a time slip from an Oswald Mosley march. Make an escape, Andy, quick.
I never thought our striker options would be worse than after Cisse broke his leg in 2004, but this is pushing it pretty hard if we don't get someone in.
A lot of opportunities for Morgan and this Yesil lad this year, it seems.
A lot of opportunities for Morgan and this Yesil lad this year, it seems.
Heh, quality.
Does anyone else think this is a ridiculous deal. FFS.
Giving our 35mil striker away on loan!! I don't like this one bit. Esepcailly to turn around and pay 6-10mil for Dempsey. I can West Ham acting up next season and refusing to exercise their option. Plus if they go down the clause to buy isn't activated?? I don't know the in's and out's of the contract, no one does, but the deal stinks in my opinion.
Giving our 35mil striker away on loan!! I don't like this one bit. Esepcailly to turn around and pay 6-10mil for Dempsey. I can West Ham acting up next season and refusing to exercise their option. Plus if they go down the clause to buy isn't activated?? I don't know the in's and out's of the contract, no one does, but the deal stinks in my opinion.
I think people need to stop calling him a £35 million striker. He's not. He's a £15m striker, that we paid £35m for. And that's largely irrelevant now. Rodgers has come in with a clean slate, assessed the squad, and decided that Carroll is surplus to requirements. Understandable really, given that the style of play that suits him is the antithesis of the style Rodgers wants to play.
Buying him in the first place was the major error, which I think is still clouding people's thoughts. It's just damage limitation from this point.
Buying him in the first place was the major error, which I think is still clouding people's thoughts. It's just damage limitation from this point.
We did our best to preclude him from playing FOR us, so it only seems fair...
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