Source: Daily_Mail
Andy Carroll is a liar! Newcastle boss Alan Pardew hits back at £35m Liverpool striker
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has hit back at Andy Carroll - insisting he was not forced to join Liverpool in his sensational ?35million deal.[LNB]Carroll signed a five-and-a-half year deal at Anfield to replace Fernando Torres, who joined Chelsea in a British record ?50m move.[LNB] Boot-iful moment? Andy Carroll poses in his Liverpool gear at their Melwood training HQ[LNB]Carroll has claimed he was asked by managing director Derek Llambias to hand in a transfer request by Newcastle, telling the Evening Chronicle: 'Derek asked me to hand in a transfer request, so I was pushed into a corner and had no choice. I wasn't wanted by them and they made it clear they wanted the money.[LNB]'Then I flew down in (owner Mike Ashley's) helicopter. I didn't want to leave. I'm gutted that I wasn't wanted at my home team after everything I have done and the progress I have made. I didn't want to leave at all. Make sure they know I didn't want to leave. The players, staff and fans were fantastic.'[LNB]Carroll's comments back up the content of texts he sent to friend and editor of the Toon Talk fanzine, Steve Wraith, as the transfer saga unfolded on Monday night.[LNB]G-love affair over: Alan Pardew[LNB]But Pardew is adamant that Carroll was not forced to leave and that he only did so after seeing his demandsfor a new deal fall on deaf ears.[LNB]Pardew, who regularly insisted the striker was going nowhere, has claimed that Carroll asked Newcastle for a new deal, despite only signing one in October, and asked to leave once that request was turned down.[LNB]He told the Shields Gazette: 'We didn't force anybody to leave. I disagree with that point. He had a contract here for five years, and at some point it would get renewed, but for him to sign in October and it get renewed in January - where would it stop?[LNB]'Personally, I'm disappointed. He's a lovely lad, and I really like him, but it was his decision, and you can't change that. Was this about football? That's what you have to ask. I don't think it was.'[LNB]In a separate interview with the Evening Chronicle, Pardew added: 'There was an offer refused in the morning and then we received a second improved offer.[LNB]'Myself, Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias were having a discussion when Andy Carroll poked his head around the door and said he wanted to see me.[LNB]'I had the conversation with Andy. He said he wanted a new contract now that would make him the highest paid player at the club. This from a guy who had signed a new deal just a few months ago. I asked him what he wanted but he didn't reply.'[LNB]Newcastle rejected Liverpool's initial approach for Carroll but, after receiving a second, accepted it when, according to Pardew, the player demanded to leave if he was not given a new deal, despite him only signing one at the end of last year.[LNB]Pardew added: 'We turned down a big offer, and they came back with a second big offer. We were having a discussion about what we were going to do with that offer when Andy requested to see me.[LNB]'I went to see Andy, and face to face we had a conversation about him wanting a new contract, even though he signed on in October, and (he said) if he didn't get that contract, he wanted to go.[LNB] In the spotlight: Carroll arrives at Liverpool on Monday night to seal his ?35m move[LNB]'I asked him what he wanted, and I went to the board. We had a discussion about what the ramifications would be for the whole club.[LNB]'We took the view, with him signing a contract in October, that this would cause us all sorts of problems. We decided that we needed the conversation confirmed, and he put in a transfer request, which he did.[LNB]'He spoke to his agent, and between them they put the request in. We decided with the size of the offer, and what it meant to us, that we would accept.[LNB]'But no club is about one player. We're absolutely gutted that he's gone. It's disappointing, but we're not in a financial position like Liverpool.'[LNB] Carroll completes ?35m Liverpool move and then claims: I was forced out of Newcastle Northern Exposure: Broken promises, sackfuls of cash and a star departureClub-by-club guide to every Premier League transfer deal during JanuaryDeadline day goes nuts! Premier League big guns splash the cashChart of the day: How football transfer fees have soared[LNB] Explore more:People: Fernando Torres, Andy Carroll, Derek Llambias, Mike Ashley Places: Newcastle, Liverpool
