Carroll to Spurs? Not even for £20 million!
Posted on December 19th, 2010 | 60 Comments |
There are even reports suggesting that David Bentley and Peter Crouch could be used as makeweights in any potential new deal.
It’s all bollocks of course and is just the latest in a long line of clubs that Carroll has been linked to, including teams that are infinately bigger that Spurs, like Chelsea for example. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I have some for all of those dirty journalists out there – Andy Carroll is going nowhere!
You see, there has been no mention of anything about Carroll leaving around these parts, other than what has been written in the newspapers – quite the opposite in fact. I suggest that these journalists get their collective head out of the arse of the bigger clubs, give their tongue a rest, and do some investigating.
Should they choose to justify their no doubt rather high salaries by going back to the basics of journalism and investigate the stories they will see that the compelling evidence suggest that Carroll is going nowehere. On the grounds they are so far removed from reality I though that I would do it for them.
First off there is the fact that Carroll has just signed a new five-year contract. Now I understand that contracts aren’t worth the paper they are written at times, but it is a definate show of commitment from both the club and the player with regard to the future of the Gateshead lad. This also leads me onto my next point.
That point being that Carroll has himself said that he has no intention of going anywhere. At some point in the future that may change of course, but not now, not after only 18 Premier League games. Carroll has also denied any speculation and reinforced the point that he is a Geordie, playing for his hometown club in the number nine shirt. Effectively he is living the dream that all of us share, and he is getting paid handsomely for it.
Next up is the manager. Both Chris Hughton and now Alan Pardew have said they were/are intent on keeping our prize asset at the club. The future of Newcastle United is likely to be built around Carroll and he is deemed too important to lose. Indeed Pardew even said that he wanted confirmation from the board that Carroll would not be sold, and he is here so I guess he got that.
Finally, the board have apparently said that Carroll is going nowehere. Mike Ashley sees him as an important player for Newcastle going forward allegedly and doesn’t want to sell him, according to what Pardew says anyway.
Now I know what people will say here, and it will probably be along the lines of “if fatty sees the money he will take it”. That is fair enough as everyone has an opinion, but could you answer me this question in return? Which players have been sold against their will by Mike Ashley?
Anyway, rant kind of over. The bottom line is that for all of the press speculation there are reasons to discount every bit of it. There has to be some willingness from any one of the parties on our side of the bargain, whether that be the player, manager, or owner, to make a deal happen. At the moment the only confirmed interest is from the press.
Don’t give them any credit!
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Do me a favour you are right they are barm pots he’s a Geordie with the No 9 shirt, and even so what’s just as ridiculous is why would he join a smaller club than the Toon ie; Spurs?