Carroll: “This is the club and the city for me, and always will be.”
Posted on November 15th, 2010 | 62 Comments |
He caught the eye with a fantastic season in The Championship last season, bagging an impressive 19 goals.
However, the Premier League is a different kettle of fish with tougher opposition.
I remember speaking to a lad in pre-season who said Andy would struggle to score more than three goals all season in the Premier League. Well good sir, we are only 13 games in and the lad has managed 7 already, making him joint top goalscorer. The term ‘eat your words’ come to mind!
It seems that Andy’s great form has caught the attention not only of the England manager, Fabio Capello. but also of other top flight teams.
Mr wheeler-dealer himself, ‘saggy-face’ Harry Redknapp, is said to be monitoring our No.9 and newspaper reports have suggested that ‘Arry has made Andy a top target for his Spurs side. Andy has also been previously linked with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal amongst others in various newspaper stories.
Some could argue that being linked with big clubs could be a head-turner for a young footballer in blistering form. That’s certainly not the case with Andy. He seems down to earth and still very much in love with this football club. He spoke to The Evening Chronicle today and had this to say;
“I’ve signed a five-year contract and I’m delighted with that. This is the club and the city for me and always will be.”
“If somebody told me I could stay here for my whole career then I would be delighted. I’ve always said I just want to keep working hard for Newcastle United and doing the No 9 shirt justice.”
Encouraging words from Mr Carroll, and a breath of fresh air to hear such loyalty coming from a footballer. Andy went on to to praise his manager and team-mates after breifing on his England call up.
“It’s a real honour to simply be called up for your country, but I have to give credit to the manager Chris Hughton and my team-mates. Without them I wouldn’t be scoring the goals.”
“Chris has been fantastic for me. And I just want to keep repaying his faith in me.”
This is excellent news that Carroll’s heart and head appear to be putting Newcastle United first. Despite a few off-field problems he certainly has the right attitude when it comes to football and is trying not to believe his own hype. Chris Hughton has to take massive credit for keeping Andy’s feet on the ground.
It looks like Droopy may have to stick with Peter Crouch, because he isn’t getting his hands on our star man!
good lad mr shagalot