After failing with loan swoop, Newcastle line up 13m bid for Carroll… 22m less than they sold him for 18 months ago
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12:26 GMT, 16 July 2012
Newcastle are ready to make a 13million swoop to bring Andy Carroll back to the club.
They have already failed with a loan move to take the Liverpool striker on for the season.
Liverpool, who bought Carroll from Newcastle in a record-breaking 35million deal 18 months ago, flatly rejected the offer but it is now clear they are ready to offload their No 9.
Hey Andy: Newcastle have made a bid to bring Andy Carroll back to the club
Whether 13m – which is 22m less than Liverpool paid out for Carroll – would be enough to trigger a deal remains to be seen.
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew spoke of his
admiration for Carroll last week and would like the Gateshead-born
forward to support Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse.
Carroll has never given any indication he
wants to move and Sportsmail reported on Saturday he would turn down any
suitors.
He had been hoping to persuade new
manager Brendan Rodgers that he can play a part in his plans but,
reluctantly, Carroll is accepting he is fighting a losing battle.
Liverpool, who signed Italy forward
Fabio Borini last Friday for 8m, would be prepared to off-load Carroll
if they received either a suitable bid or loan deal that has a
commitment to buy at the end of 12 months.
Rodgers refused to give any
assurances about the England frontman’s prospects when asked last week
and many have questioned whether his physical, powerful approach would
fit into the intricate passing style favoured by the new boss.
Welcome: Newcastle fans were unhappy with Carroll when he left the club in 2011
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‘He’s no different to any player we have here,’ Rodgers said. ‘They might have all the attributes but not the mentality to play.
‘It’s a bit unfair for Andy to get
labelled any other way. He’s a good lad, so we will just see how the
formation of the group shapes up over the next four or five weeks.’
Liverpool go to the United States for
their pre-season tour but Carroll will not be in the travelling party,
like other players who went to Euro 2012. He is now on holiday and is
expected to link up with the squad in Boston next week.
West Ham were the first club to
express an interest in Carroll and would be prepared to sign him
initially on loan with a view to buying him for more than 15m should
they retain their place in the Barclays Premier League.
Getting away from it: Carroll has been on holiday since England's Euro 2012 exit
Fulham are also interested and Aston
Villa became the latest club to join the race when manager Paul Lambert
confirmed on Saturday that the 23-year-old was one of his key summer
targets.
But Newcastle would be hoping that
the emotional pull of a return to his native North East would give them
the trump card in this battle.
With Cisse and Ba potentially going to
the Africa Cup of Nations next January and February, Pardew has been
looking to bolster his attack all summer and he courted Luuk de Jong of
FC Twente.