Hammers roll out the Carroll
thesun
ANDY CARROLLS Anfield agony came to an end last night.
And Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will try to fill the gap with a deadline-day swoop for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge.
Carroll, 23, has joined West Ham on a season-long loan with the option of a £17million transfer next summer.
The Hammers will pay a £1m fee, plus another £5m in wages but Rodgers still does not have the funds to bring in a permanent replacement.
And that has seen him switch his sights to Sturridge, who could now move to Merseyside for the rest of the campaign.
Rodgers had hoped to bring in Clint Dempsey yet is still unable to pay the fee Fulham are demanding, with Sunderland his likeliest destination.
And although Liverpool still retain a faint hope of landing the American before tonights deadline, Jordan Hendersons refusal to move the other way as part of the deal proved another obstacle.
Despite ending the Carroll saga, the struggle to bring in a top-line replacement before the transfer window closes took the gloss off Liverpool reaching the Europa League group stages last night.
Now Rodgers will switch his focus to todays deadline, with midfielder Charlie Adam set to pack his bags for Stoke although Everton are lurking in the wings.
If Rodgers fails to bring in a striker, he will have just Luis Suarez, Fabio Borini and rookie Adam Morgan as out-and-out attackers.
Rodgers admitted: Ive been given as much confidence as I can possibly get that we will have someone to come in.
Hopefully tomorrow we can get something complete. I am hoping for one or two.
Carroll, meanwhile, said: Its great to be at West Ham I just cant wait to get started now.
I want to be playing games and hopefully scoring goals.
And Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will try to fill the gap with a deadline-day swoop for Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge.
Carroll, 23, has joined West Ham on a season-long loan with the option of a £17million transfer next summer.
The Hammers will pay a £1m fee, plus another £5m in wages but Rodgers still does not have the funds to bring in a permanent replacement.
And that has seen him switch his sights to Sturridge, who could now move to Merseyside for the rest of the campaign.
Rodgers had hoped to bring in Clint Dempsey yet is still unable to pay the fee Fulham are demanding, with Sunderland his likeliest destination.
And although Liverpool still retain a faint hope of landing the American before tonights deadline, Jordan Hendersons refusal to move the other way as part of the deal proved another obstacle.
Despite ending the Carroll saga, the struggle to bring in a top-line replacement before the transfer window closes took the gloss off Liverpool reaching the Europa League group stages last night.
Now Rodgers will switch his focus to todays deadline, with midfielder Charlie Adam set to pack his bags for Stoke although Everton are lurking in the wings.
If Rodgers fails to bring in a striker, he will have just Luis Suarez, Fabio Borini and rookie Adam Morgan as out-and-out attackers.
Rodgers admitted: Ive been given as much confidence as I can possibly get that we will have someone to come in.
Hopefully tomorrow we can get something complete. I am hoping for one or two.
Carroll, meanwhile, said: Its great to be at West Ham I just cant wait to get started now.
I want to be playing games and hopefully scoring goals.
