Liverpool told me to change coach’s mind over record transfer – but he shut me down with Andy Carroll had no regrets about leaving Liverpool for West Ham United, despite Liverpool bosses trying to persuade Brendan Rodgers to keep him. Carroll had been forced into a transfer he never wanted to make, and struggled with form and injury at Liverpool. He was deemed surplus to requirements by Rodgers and joined West Ham on loan in 2013, before making the move permanent the following summer.
