Decky Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Newcastle statement: A British record transfer fee has been agreed between Newcastle United and Liverpool for Magpies striker Andy Carroll. The 22-year-old England international has this afternoon handed in a transfer request, which has reluctantly been accepted by the club, and Carroll is currently in talks with The Reds over a move to Anfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 How people can blame Ashley is beyond me. Unless he waved a gun at Carroll's head then there was no reason for the greasy haired little cunt to hand in a transfer request. Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 What is the fucking point in producing our own players if they're sold the minute they actually become good. We might as well close the academy now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I can understand the conspiracy theories about Ashley. The man's a money-grabbing cunt who has no shame and doesn't give a fuck about this club. Just don't think Carroll would accept a proposal to make himself look an utter bastard to pretty much everyone in Newcastle if he didn't want to. There are some things money can't buy, and love for a club and city is one of them. He's not exactly struggling to make a living is he? What a pile of wank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 BBC Newcastle stating 35+ addons poss sell on fee? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 What is the f***ing point in producing our own players if they're sold the minute they actually become good. We might as well close the academy now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Why the hell would Carroll agree to being made out to be a dick, if all your conspiracies are right? Why would he be willing to be made the bad guy? Because he doesnt care? He is getting his wages trebled man, money talks these days in football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The geordie f***ed us over, not the cockney. Exactly. People refusing to open their eyes to the fact that we've been f***ed over by someone who 'loved the club'. Nope it's got to be Ashley It's both. Indeed. Carroll is a twat for handing in a transfer request but he was going by the end of the day anyway, no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Don't be so fucking oblivous. This is the Mike Ashley Media Circus. AC9 would never have sent in a transfer request unless he knew that we wanted to accept a bid like this and MA probably asked him, so he could show that he rejected a bid and put the blame on Andy. This shit is on MA, and for 35-40 mill, I actually dont blame the greedy fucker, the fat bastard cant handle it. So Carroll agrees to make himself look the cunt because Ashley says so? How is anyone this stupid? Because he's no longer a Newcastle player. What the fuck are you talking about?? Seriously people have lost their fucking minds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Remember when Zidane in his prime was sold for less than double of what Carroll is going for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The other thing to be weighed up is that there are lifestyle issues with Carroll which may block him from fulfilling his full potential. Liverpool are taking a risk because he's not yet a £35 million player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I thought Micky Owen was going to get a bad reception on his return. This will be something else. Yep, and don't spout all this dont boo your ex players malarkey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The fact we've rejected an offer and then accepted after the request suggests to me he wanted to go, absolute knob. We rejected an offer to get a better price. It's called negotiating. When we got our price, we were willing to sell him, but Ashley didn't want to alienate the fans, which he would have done for the umpteenth time. So he told Carroll to stick a transfer request in, and now he can say 'look, I rejected a bid and he handed a transfer request in so I just made sure Liverpool paid good money for him'. It's PR, man. You're daft if you think this stuff doesn't happen regularly. And you're daft if you think Carroll would roll over and accept it. "Oh yeah, of course I'll make myself look like a dick Mike. See ya." £3.5m lump sum + Treble his ages + Massive profile/exposure + Agent Pressure. = Morals out of the window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Current British record paid is 32.5m for Robinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Titwank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The money is madness, wonder what effect this will have on the squad? They will know the truth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Why the hell would Carroll agree to being made out to be a dick, if all your conspiracies are right? Why would he be willing to be made the bad guy? Liverpool turned Carrolls head with far more money. Ashley has made no attempt to match their valuation in terms of contract etc, as he wants the cash Carroll is put into a position of turning down a massive pay increase Carroll wants pay increase & is told by Ashley he has to put in a transfer request to achieve move Andy Carroll does so. Mike Ashley wins, Andy Carroll wins to an extent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Well that's it then. Would like to know the full tale of how this went down. Got a feeling we didn't get as much money as is report. I'm not buying the Carroll transfer request thing, I would imagine he would be giving up a sizable wedge if that happened. Although it would make sense as the "Loyality" bonus he would have been due, is now saved by NUFC so that means more of the transfer fee in Ashley's pocket. Now we move on, how do we replace him, unfortunately I don't trust Pardew to do the right thing. Crouch will be here for a ridiculously high fee no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Another example of Chelsea's money fucking things up. How does this set us up for the summer btw when the transfer rules etc are changed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 a) Why would we reject a bid if we wanted to sell. b) If Andy Carroll didn't want to leave, why would he tow the line and risk his reputation in his hometown forever by being forced out? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tall Striker Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Remember when Zidane in his prime was sold for less than double of what Carroll is going for. Less than 70m? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The other thing to be weighed up is that there are lifestyle issues with Carroll which may block him from fulfilling his full potential. Liverpool are taking a risk because he's not yet a £35 million player. True. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 A very emotional day for Andy awww boo fkn hoooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 there is no fucking loyalty in football anymore is there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMcQuillan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Reckon we could pay de Jong to kill him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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