Why hand in a transfer request now? He could easily move any time. Surely he'd stay at his boyhood club as the new #9 for a few more years? I can't see what is in it for him.
What the fuck is happening??? What a little dick.
I'm starting to feel like I've had enough. First we lose Hughton, now Pardew says stuff without an ounce of thought and Carroll has turned into a gimp.