West Ham Agree Fee But Carroll's Yet To Say He Wants To Stay

West Ham United are reported to have agreed a £15million fee with Liverpool for former Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll. The 24 year old who has spent the 2012/13 season on loan to The Hammers was a potential target for Alan Pardew as he seeks a striker to bring goals back to St James' Park, however after Mike Ashley sold Carroll to Liverpool in January 2011 for £35million Liverpool manager Brendan Rogers made it clear that he would not let the striker return to his former club for a reduced fee. Instead Carroll is looking likely to move to Upton Park in a transfer which will see Liverpool lose £20million on what they paid for him.

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said on Sunday;

“It is our target to make it a permanent situation. Hopefully we can get somewhere in the near future to do that.

It’s our main priority. There are negotiations between the club and Liverpool.”

In April Rodgers said;

“It was very unfortunate for Andy when he joined this club because he had limited experience of the Premier League.

Through no fault of his own he arrived on the back of an incredible price tag for someone so young and inexperienced, and the early stages were difficult for him.

But there’s no doubt Andy has great qualities. Look at one of his two goals last week for West Ham from the corner [in a 3-1 win over Wigan].

There are not too many better sights in football when you’ve the big guy going and heading the ball like that.

Three of his five goals this season have come from set plays, one from a cross and the other a penalty.

As to his future, there are other things involved, it’s not as simple as him being here. There are other things we need to consider in it all.