Andy Carroll

footballers who are having problems outside of football that are disastrous, really.

Start with Andy Carroll, former Newcastle and Liverpool footballer who's released an autobiography called Andy Carroll Owning It In My Own Words.

And to hear that there was some wild shit in an autobiography by Andy Carroll, that's not a shock, really.

He's a bit of a wild man.

He likes a pint.

What more do you expect? But I was not expecting the news story that came out today.

That's the last thing I expected to hear.

Andy Carroll has revealed he was sexually assaulted by a man in 2021.

Extraordinary if you're into your sport.

Andy Carroll, who played for West Ham, Liverpool and Newcastle, also played for England, reveals how he was sexually assaulted by a celebrity at his home after he, the celebrity, had successfully got Mr Carroll drunk.

It actually went to the courts.

A celebrity who I don't...

We will always, the Labour Party and the Labour government, stand up for our national health service.

A star on the pitch for teams such as Liverpool, Newcastle and here for West Ham...

Oh, what a goal from Andy Carroll! A quite sensational strike! It's the scissor goal where effectively the player manages to kick it over his head and into the net.

He scored that for West Ham back in 2017.

The headline, I was sexually assaulted by celeb at home.

Andy Carroll has bravely spoken out about being sexually assaulted by a celebrity in his own home.

Let's get some reaction to this then.

It also says that ex England star reveals trauma of waking to find that he was being attacked.

A truly harrowing story, Laurie, that he's decided to bravely speak about.

Your reaction.

Yeah, very interesting, very, very courageous, very brave of Andy Carroll, I think, because it must take a lot to not only report this in the first instance.

I think he touches on that.

In other news...

Andy Carroll, so his autobiography or his memoir has launched today.

Lots of different and fascinating stories in there.

But I think this is really interesting in the context of his Liverpool career.

He wasn't ready for it.

And it's sad to see those words written alongside, you know, my great club and their name.

But I do understand it, actually, from Andy Carroll's perspective.

That move, that money came when it was way too young.

Let's get into it.

Andy Carroll has said that he was sexually assaulted in 2021 by a man.

The 37 year old who was grant who was automatically granted anonymity as a victim of sexual assault has made public the details in his autobiography called Owning It.

The incident took place at his home during his second spell with Newcastle and led to the perpetrator being jailed for three years.

But what you can say for sure is they do not sign Fernando Torres in desperation for 50 million pounds in January, and that, apart from anything else, would've robbed us of the next greatest flop.

Uh, or maybe not flop, but craziest, most desperate panic buy of all time of Andy Carroll to Liverpool for 35 million pounds, which was just insane.

Um, but the actual interesting counterfactuals come from the City side of this obviously.

Uh, you end up with no Agüero in 2012.

Uh, but yeah, so yeah, Si, what is, or who is rather, your first pick?

Yeah.

So just to expand on that, 'cause related history actually, that Andy Carroll deal, Newcastle quoted Liverpool 35 million, and our quote to Chelsea for a crocked Fernando Torres, whose best years were behind him, was whatever Andy Carroll costs, we want 15 million on top, which is how they ended up with that 50 million deal to Chelsea.

Now, I looked through the list of my beloved Liverpool, and there are some absolute clangers there based on the World Cup.

It still pays.

Uh, and, uh, Wayne Rooney is threatening legal action against his former England teammate, Andy Carroll, because Andy Carroll's got an upcoming autobiography in which he claims that Rooney, while he was on England duty, would have a hotel room packed with crates of beer and packets of cigarettes.

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Um, Rooney has strongly denied this and is demanding a retraction.

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there are probably worse things to accuse people of.

I mean, if I'd read that in Andy Carroll's autobiography, I would not be going to social media to go-

What?