A 22-year-old Andy Carroll scored 11 goals in his first 19 games for Newcastle during the 2010/11 Premier League season before suffering a knock that would rule him out for a few weeks.

This injury coincided with his shocking £35 million ($45 million) January deadline-day transfer to Liverpool.

Carroll, currently playing the French lower leagues, wasn't too enthused about the switch: "I was injured at the time, and all I'm thinking is, 'Please, just fail the medical', he revealed in 2019.



He scored just two goals in his debut half-season and then nine in 47 games a season later (including the winner against Everton in the FA Cup semifinal).

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The Geordie-born Carroll debuted for Newcastle in the UEFA Cup all the way back in 2006 as a 17-year-old.

After a failed season-and-a-half at Liverpool, Carroll went on loan to West Ham before the move was made permanent in 2014

He would spend six years with the East London club before returning to Newcastle on a free in 2019.

Two years later, Carroll bounced around the Championship with both West Brom and Reading before signing with second-tier French side Amiens
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