There has been intense speculation about his future at Liverpool, almost since he signed from Newcastle a year-ago, but Andy Carroll is determined to make a success of his Liverpool career and has dismissed suggestions he will leave Anfield.
“Not at all,” he said when asked whether there was any point in the last year when he had regretted his move to Merseyside. “The club has been great with me and everyone outside the club has been fantastic and I am enjoying it down here. Everyone has backed me and helped us along the way. I have signed a contract here and this is the team I am playing for.”
Carroll has been stoutly defended by manager Kenny Dalglish ever since his shock arrival on January deadline day last year.
However, injury affected the latter half of last season and he has not yet found his form, or a regular starting spot, with just six goals in 36 appearances for his new club.
But he played a key part for both goals in this weekend’s FA Cup fourth round win over Manchester United at Anfield and Carroll is looking to build on that performance.
“I thought I had did well and everyone else did but I’ve got to keep working on it and it will come,” admitted Carroll. “I am just getting into my stride now. Everyone is getting used to how I play and I am getting used to everyone else. Everyone is helping us as much as they can and I just need to get going. I thought everyone played well and we deserved the win really. Everyone put a shift in and got what we wanted out of it at the end. Obviously it was nice to get an assist but it doesn’t really matter who sets them up or scores them really, as long as we get through like we did with everyone playing well. Manchester United came here and all the lads were buzzing for this game and it showed as everyone was up for it and we got the result we wanted.”
