http://www1.skysports.com/football/...pool-and-West-Ham-have-Andy-Carroll-agreement Liverpool have already agreed to sell striker Andy Carroll to West Ham at the end of the season, according to Hammers co-owner David Sullivan. The England international, a £35million signing from Newcastle two years ago, made the move from Anfield to Upton Park on a season-long loan deal in the summer. Carroll's time with the Hammers has been badly hampered by injury and he has managed just one goal from nine Premier League starts and two substitute appearances. Sullivan admitted that despite reaching an accord with their Premier League rivals, they have yet to agree terms with the powerful striker over a permanent switch and is keen for the 24-year-old to prove his worth over the final 14 games of the Premier League season. In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, he said: "I am often asked about Andy Carroll's deal. It is a season-long loan. Liverpool had an option to take him back in January, but he has been injured. "West Ham have an agreement with Liverpool to sign him at the end of the season, but we have no agreement with the player. "It was his desire to come to West Ham to prove himself to Liverpool and that hasn't changed. "He has had injuries since he came, but he is back to fitness now and we have 15 games left... we need some goals and some points, so let's see." Sullivan also revealed how West Ham were keen to do more business during the January transfer window, only to lose out to Leeds in their pursuit of defender Stephen Warnock, while interest in Reto Ziegler and Paul Robinson also came to nothing. He added: "For all the deals you have read about, there were 30 others we were trying. I thought we had Stephen Warnock from Aston Villa and he said he was signing. "Our contract offer was for six months with an extension based on appearances and he accepted that. Then he changed his mind and signed for a Championship team in the north. "We had a deal for the Olympiakos left-back, but when Warnock said yes, we scrapped that. Then, when we tried to get the other deal back on, the chap had gone somewhere else. "We then spoke to Juventus left-back Reto Ziegler, who's on loan in Russia and tried to make that happen, but he went to Turkey. "We tried to bring in goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Blackburn, but he had an injury and hasn't played often and we had a bit of doubt." ---------------- Thoughts?
"West Ham have an agreement with Liverpool to sign him at the end of the season, but we have no agreement with the player. that's the problem for me, he wont take a pay cut and we will be lumbered with him again, hope to feck i am wrong obviously.
He cost your club well more than a tenner last season. [video=youtube;LNv9lRxjyaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNv9lRxjyaQ[/video]
I do think we could have benefited from Carroll this season. But not any more. It is a shame he was away at West Ham. We could have sold him to QPR.
Is right So Mandy could be off then eh...I'm a bit disappointed tbh. Whatever you say about his wages, we could have afforded to pay him £11 million quids worth and just not bought Borini I'd rather have seen Carroll coming off the bench this season than Borini.
Does this mean we get the 17million wrote into his loan option? Or do we do the usual and sell our players on the cheap whilst paying over the odds?
Sullivan mentions "West Ham have an agreement with Liverpool to sign him at the end of the season" which probably must be a prearrangement done in summer. I think it has to be the much publicized 17 million figure which was included in the loan deal, going by what he has contributed so far, i'd take that money in a heart beat.
what about the player hasn't agreed terms part? we could be lumbered with him if he doesn't agree to their contract offer, so the supposed fee of £17 mill will be irrelevant.
If we could make it clear to him, that he's got no future at the club, he might as well leave. I really hope he doesn't do a 'Wayne Bridge' though.
