A lad I went to school with played with Carroll and said the same thing. His words were "He has the ego of Shearer with a quarter of the ability - no word can describe how much of a prat he is."
...and that was him being nice!
Tbh not one person who's known a football through school has ever had a good word to be said about them. Not that they are insanely jealous or owt.
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