Source: Daily_Mail
Andy Carrol is a liar! Newcastle boss Alan Pardew hits back at £35m Liverpool striker
Newcastle boss Alan Pardew has hit back at Andy Carroll today - insisting he was not forced to join Liverpool in his sensational ?35million deal.Carroll signed a five-and-a-half year deal at Anfield to replace Fernando Torres, who joined Chelsea in a British record ?50m move. Bitter end: Andy Carroll shakes hands with Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish after his ?35m moveCarroll claimed in a text message to the editor of a Newcastle fanzine that he had been left with no option but to leave.Wraith claimed Carroll texted: 'I'm gutted to be leaving my home town club, i was told to go. I didn't want to leave that's why I signed a 5 year deal. I was pushed out of the door.'But Pardew is adamant that Carroll was not forced to leave and that he only did so after seeing his demands for a new deal fall on deaf ears.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.G-love affair over: Alan PardewHe 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?'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.'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.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.'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.'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.'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.'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.'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.' 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 cash Explore more:People: Fernando Torres, Andy Carroll Places: Newcastle, Liverpool