Former Premier League manager Alan Pardew has opened up on an infamous transfer deal involving Liverpool.
The January transfer window of 2011 has gone down as one of the most remembered in recent history, with the Reds playing a key role.
Deadline day that year saw Liverpool bring Luis Suarez to the club in a deal from Ajax, but it also one key player depart.
Fernando Torres left Anfield after nearly five years on Merseyside to complete a £50million move to Premier League rivals Chelsea.
That left Liverpool needing to sign a striker, and the Reds went on to complete a then-club-record deal for Andy Carroll.
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Liverpool paid Newcastle £35m for Carroll’s services, which remained the club’s record transfer fee for several years.
Pardew, who was Newcastle boss at the time of Carroll moving to Liverpool, has opened up on how he was first made aware of the interest in the striker.
The former Newcastle manager also went on to explain how Liverpool’s bid was above the market value that they had placed on Carroll’s services.
"We were adamant in the morning that Liverpool wouldn't get to a value we'd accept," Pardew told the BBC .
"Then I got a phone call to say a strong bid had come in, above Andy's market value.
"The board's decision was he was going to go and that was a massive blow to me because we didn't have time to replace him. We were only just good enough with him in the team. It was a really, really tough day."
"The players and the staff were all aware of the situation. It adds a different tension," Pardew added
"We had nothing with Andy because it was so late in the day. We knew the player was adamant he wanted to go and the fee was over his value.
"We were hoping we could get through to the summer and use the money to grow the club. But the fans weren't going to see that for five months.
“Every question I got after was 'are you going to get the Andy Carroll money?' until the end of the year, but we came to the conclusion there wasn't much we could do.
"The transfer deadline can offer a lot of opportunities and people make decisions that trigger other decisions. That is why it gets really busy."
