Pardew: Ashley key to Carroll deal

  • Last Updated: July 17 2012, 12:12 BST

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew will leave the club's bid to lure Andy Carroll back to Tyneside to owner Mike Ashley.

Andy Carroll: Transfer talk continues
Andy Carroll: Transfer talk continues

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Pardew is keen to secure the England international's return from Liverpool, with the Magpies having had an initial bid for a loan move with an option to buy rejected.

Andy Carroll

8. Andy Carroll

Title Number
Appearances 24 (7)
Goals 8
Assists 4
Yellows 6
Reds 0
*Current Season

It seems likely that the success or otherwise of their approach will come down to finance as much as anything else, but Pardew, currently in Germany with his squad at their pre-season training camp, admits that has little to do with him.

He told the Evening Chronicle: "That whole process is a little bit more involved with the chairman and the board at Liverpool.

"We have got a great team here, a great squad, and if Andy Carroll comes, it will only add to us.

"It's simple, really. Sometimes transfers are done at corporate level. I'm slightly detached from that. It will be what it will be.

"It's been said that he's available and if we are involved, then we will be involved because of the figures, not anything else, because we know he's good enough."

  • Andy Carroll's Liverpool career looks in tatters, just 18 months after a £35million move from Newcastle.
  • The Geordie's deadline-day departure angered the Newcastle fans, who had taken the lifelong Magpie to their hearts
  • Carroll arrived at Anfield just days after Luis Suarez was signed by new manager Kenny Dalglish.
  • Carroll was presented to the Kop but was already nursing a thigh injury when he arrived at Anfield.
  • He made his debut on March 6, coming off the bench during a 3-1 win over Manchester United.
  • His first Liverpool goals did not arrive until over a month later, when Carroll scored twice against Manchester City.
  • Carroll's first goal in a red shirt was a spectacular long-range strike. The second was a towering header.
  • Carroll's opening goal of the 2011-12 season did not arrive until October, but his first of the campaign came in the derby win over Everton at Goodison.
  • The goals dried up again, though, and Carroll bore the brunt as Liverpool drew too many games, including this one against Stoke...
  • ... and this 0-0 stalemate against Tottenham.
  • Carroll's misery was compounded on his return to Newcastle when he was booked for this dive.
  • Carroll chose to go to ground when he had already rounded Tim Krul and was facing an empty net.
  • Carroll was substituted - much to Newcastle fans' delight - as Liverpool lost 2-0 at St James' Park.
  • The number nine went straight down the tunnel after making his feelings clear to Dalglish.
  • A rare highlight came at Ewood Park in April when Carroll's header gave Liverpool a late win over Blackburn.
  • Carroll missed a sitter during the FA Cup semi-final against Everton...
  • ... but he made up for it by glancing in a late header which earned Liverpool a place in the FA Cup final.
  • Carroll's winner left Liverpool looking forward to a third trip of the season to Wembley, with the Carling Cup already in the trophy cabinet.
  • Carroll came off the bench to great effect against Chelsea in the FA Cup final and got Liverpool back in the game with this goal.
  • Carroll thought he had headed an equaliser, but the striker was denied by a stunning save from Petr Cech.
  • Carroll's season - and possibly, Liverpool career - ended in frustration as the Reds lost 1-0 at Swansea, with the striker lucky to escape a red card.
Pictures from Andy Carroll's Liverpool career as he appears to surplus to requirements at Anfield.

Newcastle launched their attempt to re-sign the man they sold to Liverpool for £35million in January last year after it emerged that he was not a central figure in new Reds boss Brendan Rodgers' plans for the new season.

Carroll was not among the party which flew out on the club's North American tour yesterday, although he was never intended to be after being given an extended break following his trip to the Euro 2012 finals with England.

The player, who insists he does not want to leave Anfield, has indicated he would be prepared to make a temporary switch back to St James' Park, where he made his name, although Liverpool are understood to be ready only to contemplate a permanent transfer.

However, their valuation, thought to be in the region of £20million, is significantly in excess of the Magpies', and whether or not that gap can be bridged could prove to be the crux of the matter.