'I was last person to see Liverpool signing before he left club – he didn't want to go'

'I was last person to see Liverpool signing before he left club – he didn't want to go'A former Liverpool star never wanted to join the Merseyside giants, according to a former team-mateCommentsSportFasika Zelealem Senior Sports Reporter12:29, 06 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesAndy Carroll and Luis Suarez signed for Liverpool together(Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Kevin Nolan has claimed that Andy Carroll didn't want to go through with his £35million transfer to Liverpool. The 37-year-old – who currently plays for National League South side Dagenham & Redbridge – came through the academy at Newcastle United and made his name in the Premier League in the first half of the 2010/11 season.‌With 11 goals in 19 games, the ex-England striker was wanted by the Reds, who worked out a then-club record fee of £35m to secure his services. Prior to travelling to Anfield for his medical, Carroll visited his then-Magpies team-mate Nolan as the former Newcastle captain claimed Carroll never wanted to leave St James' Park.‌Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast, the former West Ham skipper said Carroll wanted to become a legend at his boyhood club and wear the famous No.9 shirt, like Alan Shearer before him.‌Nolan said: "He [Carroll] didn’t want to go, he didn’t want to leave. They [Newcastle] were just like, ‘No, we’ve got £35m’. I remember sitting with him, he’d come to my house. Everyone was looking for him and he kept getting calls. I was talking to him, it was like £29m… £31m, and I’m like, ‘What, for him?’"We had a really good six months. We’d been good [together] in the Premier League, terrorised a few and we were getting a nice little partnership. It was taken away… And we had a good squad. With Andy, he was leaving mine to go and get on the helicopter [to Liverpool].READ MORE: Virgil van Dijk issues damning verdict after Man City thrashing leaves Liverpool reelingREAD MORE: Mohamed Salah's Liverpool leg...