Rodgers may let Carroll leave

Talk Sport are today reporting that Brendan Rodgers has told Andy Carroll that is he wants to leave Anfield then he can do so.

Carroll has been linked with a move away from Liverpool plenty of times during this summer transfer window with Newcastle and West Ham United being keen on sigining the England international on loan.

Rodgers has said: “You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to see Andy’s been a cover player but he’s been excellent in his attitude and acceptance of where he is at.

“But, as a club, I’m not sure we are in a position to have £35m players as third-choice strikers, or a winger on £5-6m a year.”

It looks as though the Merseyside club will want to sell their striker on a permanent basis.

This could now spark clubs to try and sign the Geordie in the final stages of this transfer window.

It is thought that Carroll’s dream move would be a return to the North-East, which is where Liverpool brought him from in January last year for £35 million.

He did of course put in some good performances for England at Euro 2012 and is still only 23-years-old so has plenty of potential. But, Rodgers likes to play a certain brand of football and that doesn’t seem to suit Carroll’s game.

Serie A giants AC Milan were also suggested to be keeping tabs on the Englishman earlier in the summer, but it is thought they have lost interest in him.