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.Carroll signed a five-and-a-half year deal at Anfield to replace Fernando Torres, who joined Chelsea in a British record ?50m move. Boot-iful moment? Andy Carroll poses in his Liverpool gear at their Melwood training HQCarroll 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.'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.'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.G-love affair over: Alan PardewBut 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.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.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?'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.'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.'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.'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.'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. In the spotlight: Carroll arrives at Liverpool on Monday night to seal his ?35m move'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 cashChart of the day: How football transfer fees have soared Explore more:People: Fernando Torres, Andy Carroll, Derek Llambias, Mike Ashley Places: Newcastle, Liverpool