Newcastle fans have taken to Twitter to discuss a cut-price move for their former striker Andy Carroll, who used to be a hero at St James’ Park before a £35m move to Liverpool.
The 30-year-old forward has reportedly been made available for just £2m by his current club West Ham, who look like they are attempting to recoup some sort of fee for the player before he leaves on a free in the summer at the end of his contract as reported by the Sun.
Carroll has made just two Premier League starts this season and has fallen well out of favour at the London Stadium under boss Manuel Pellegrini, and both Newcastle and Tottenham are keeping tabs on the England international’s situation at West Ham.
Given the fact that Magpies’ chief Mike Ashley rarely backs his man in charge, Rafa Benitez, in the market, an extremely cheap move for Carroll could catch his eye, and some Newcastle fans seem up for the idea at least…
Injury prone or not, would have him back in a heartbeat
— grumpy_old_sod (@AndyHarle1968) January 21, 2019
Sell joselu and buy Carroll
— Bri (@Bri2889) January 21, 2019
No, was a great player for us but injury record now terrible. We can’t afford to be signing any players like that. We need fit, reliable bodies. We have a paper thin squad as it is.
— mark nicols (@marknicols) January 21, 2019
I’d definitely have him back for £2m. Depending on wages of course. I still believe if he’d stayed he’d be an NUFC legend by now.
— Jimmy Dixon (@jamesalandixon) January 21, 2019
If it was a case of “he can come for £2m but he’ll be on £150k a week” I’d say no don’t do it. This club has been hamstrung before by players like Michael Owen taking £100k a week to play once a month and it was a bad situation.
— Jimmy Dixon (@jamesalandixon) January 21, 2019
2m is nothing amdvwhem fit is way better than Joselu. I’d expect he’s on big wages which is the stumbling block..
— Toe Knee (@ToeKneesTweets) January 21, 2019
If it is £2m (which seems crazily cheap even given the circumstances) I’d roll the dice on him. Even off the bench he could work well with Rondon and Perez.
— Rob G (blue tick pending) (@shearersbuddy) January 21, 2019
