Liverpool record signing told teammate he 'didn't want to leave Newcastle'

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I was talking to him, it was like £29M... £31M, and I'm like, 'What, for him?'"We had a really good six months. He moved with his then girlfriend and I think he found that difficult."The transition of being there [Liverpool] and not having the support system that he would have had in Newcastle." Carroll, who made a poignant return to Newcastle in 2019, had previously opened up about his Liverpool spell, recognizing that the experience proved crucial for his development.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.

The minute I got on that helicopter I wanted to come back. I was like, 'I'm not going'.

But then I was told, 'You're going' and that was that."I would have rather stayed at the time and all the way to the helicopter I'm thinking, 'What is happening? What am I doing?'.