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Newcastle manager Alan Pardew says Brendan Rodgers' arrival at Liverpool spelt the end of Andy Carroll's Anfield career, and he has warned the Reds they will need to be flexible with their asking price if they want to sell the England striker.

Carroll left Newcastle for Liverpool for £35 million in January 2011, and he has struggled to justify that price tag ever since.

To date the 23-year-old has found the back of the net only 11 times in 56 appearances, and his future has been plunged into further doubt with persistent claims he will not fit into the way Rodgers wants his team to set up.

A return to Newcastle has been mooted and Liverpool have already rejected an initial bid to take the forward back to Tyneside on loan.

For a permanent deal to go through, Pardew insists Liverpool must be prepared to accept a big loss, although he suggests that may be the only solution.

Pardew told BBC Radio Newcastle: "[Reading chairman] John Madejski used to say to me about certain players, just wipe your nose and move on. And I think [Liverpool] are going to have to do that with Andy."

Rodgers has stated there is "no way" he will loan out the player but Pardew believes the writing was on the wall for Carroll as soon as Rodgers took the reins at the Merseyside club.

"I think it was obvious that as soon as Brendan went into Liverpool that Andy's time was going to have to be somewhere else," Pardew said. "I think it's quite right we're involved in that. Whether he comes here, is something that I will take or I will leave.

"It's a lot of money for Mike [Ashley, Newcastle owner], although we'll obviously be getting a big upside in terms of what we sold him for and we've got three great strikers here already. But of course as the manager I want the best players I can get."

Italian forward Fabio Borini has already arrived at Anfield, and Pardew says there are players out there that represent good value should Liverpool decide to offload Carroll.

"Whether it's £15m, £16m or £20m, if [Rodgers] uses that money and gets an uplift in the player that he brings in that's OK," he added. "And that's how you've got to look at it."

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