Former Liverpool striker Andy Carroll has said he hoped to fail his medical as he made his club-record £35m transfer over 12 years ago.
In all fairness he wasn't the only player to struggle at the club during a period of rebuilding. At least the growth of Luis Suarez, who transferred to the club and was unveiled alongside Carroll back in the day clubs did double-announcement photos, alleviated the issues on the field with his goalscoring.
But if the man himself had any major say, his career path could have looked quite different. This is because he never fully wanted his mega money transfer to Liverpool - perhaps a quiet early indicator of why it never worked out. Carroll continued: "This helped me grow up by taking me out of my comfort zone. Because I knew nothing about life and football, apart from Newcastle."
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