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Newcastle confirm Carroll interest

ESPN staff
July 17, 2012
Andy Carroll was on target for England at Euro 2012 © PA Photos
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Alan Pardew has confirmed his interest in Andy Carroll, but the Newcastle manager has insisted the contract negotiations will be handled by chairman Mike Ashley.

Carroll would appear to be surplus to requirements under new Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers and Newcastle were swiftly linked.

A loan offer was reportedly batted back, but the Magpies are set to return to the table.

Pardew has confirmed he would like to add the forward to his squad, but Carroll will only make the return to Tyneside if Ashley deems it a value-for-money move.

"That whole process is a little bit more involved with the chairman and the board at Liverpool," Pardew told the Evening Chronicle. "It's simple, really. Sometimes transfers are done at corporate level. I'm slightly detached from that. It will be what it will be.

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

"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."

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