Alan Pardew begged Mike Ashley not to sell Andy Carroll when he was at Newcastle

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Alexander Isak’s deadline day move to Liverpool occurred in a similar fashion to when Andy Carroll made a similar move in 2011.

The Swede left St James’ Park, joining Liverpool in a British transfer record £125 million move despite the Magpies fighting to retain his services throughout the summer.

Eddie Howe replaced his former striker with Yoanne Wissa and Nick Woltemade in the final days of the transfer window.

While Isak is still waiting to open his Premier League account at Anfield, Woltemade has been in sensational form at the start of his career in English football.

Now, former boss Alan Pardew has opened up on his failed attempts to persuade the club against selling his star striker to Liverpool 14 years ago.

Alan Pardew wanted Andy Carroll to remain at Newcastle United

When speaking on Sky Sports News, Pardew revealed that he pleaded with former owner Mike Ashley not to sanction Carroll’s move to Anfield, but his efforts were in vain.

“I had it with Andy Carroll at Newcastle, and I was pleading with Mike not to sell him. Don’t sell him.

“And I was saying it was 28 million, 29 million at the time, last day of the window. And actually, I ended up getting Newcastle and Mike Ashley 5 million pound more because I kept saying no. But in the end, eventually they accepted.”

The Geordie scored 11 goals for Liverpool throughout an underwhelming two-year spell before he was eventually shipped to West Ham United.

He returned to St James’ Park for a brief period in 2019, scoring one goal, but has since played for five different clubs, including West Brom, who released Carroll after only five months in the West Midlands.

Carroll enjoyed his most productive campaign since the 2009/10 campaign last season, when he scored 17 Premier League goals for the Magpies. Last year, he played in the fourth tier of French football with Bordeaux, scoring 11 goals – he now plays in the sixth tier of English football with Dagenham & Redbridge.

Micah Richards expressed sympathy for Carroll when reflecting on the Englishman’s move to Anfield, wherein he was constantly scrutinised as an expensive failure for the Reds.

And while Pardew wanted his star forward to remain with the club, the sentiment was shared as Carroll admitted he never wanted to leave Newcastle and was ultimately forced out of the North East by the ownership.

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Had Fernando Torres not completed a £50m move to Chelsea in 2011, Carroll may very well have remained off Liverpool’s radar on deadline day.

With a deal in place to bring Luis Suarez to Anfield, the club then proceeded to use the funds from Torres’ sale to convince Newcastle to give up their leading goalscorer.

However, Carroll wanted the transfer to collapse from the second he was told to travel to Merseyside and hoped he would fail his medical.

“In fact, I wanted to stay, but from the moment Liverpool made this incredible offer, on the last day of the transfer window, I found myself, without really understanding why, in a helicopter.

“As I was injured, I remember thinking, ‘I hope I fail the medical exam’. Then, to be honest, in hindsight, I think this transfer was a good thing. Because it made me grow out of my comfort zone.”