Liverpool Football Club was in a hurry to do away with Andy
Carroll that they paid him more than £1 million to leave the club according to
the Times.
Let’s be honest Carroll would not have had that price tag
around his neck if Liverpool did not get the £50 million that Chelsea offered
for Torres. In my opinion this was the most over inflated price tag for a
championship player that I have and will ever see in my lifetime.
West Ham completed the signing of the striker from Liverpool
on a six-year contract for a club-record fee earlier this week.
The paper claims that Carroll would have preferred to sign
for former club Newcastle United but they were only willing to pay £10m while
West Ham offered £15.5 million, plus £2 million in additional payments.
Liverpool had paid £35 million to land the striker from
Newcastle in 2011 but offered a 'golden handshake' to get him off their books.
The Times reports: "Liverpool asked for an increased
transfer fee from West Ham and have used some of this money for Carroll’s
severance payment.
"It illustrates the extent to which Liverpool wanted to
sell Carroll, who earned almost £80,000 a week, to reduce the club’s wage bill
and recoup some of the £35 million that they paid Newcastle for the
striker."
The paper also says that West Ham gave Carroll a 'slight
pay-rise' to help complete the move.
Carroll spent last season on loan at Upton Park, scoring
seven times in 24 league appearances despite an injury-hit a campaign.
After completing his move earlier this week he said:
"It's fantastic for me to be here. I really enjoyed last season, and that
shows in me coming back and making it permanent.
"The fans, the lads and the club itself has been great
to me, and what I wanted to do was come back here and play football.
"Since the end of the season I've had a lot of time to
think, I've missed it and that's why I'm back."
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