Pour The Athletic,
Andy Carrolllooked back on his transfer from Newcastle to Liverpool, which at the time was a record transfer of £35 million.
“I started to feel the media scrutiny more when I left Newcastle. In Newcastle, I was settled, I had my bearings, my family, my friends, my routine. That's all I knew. I remember that in the helicopter that took me to Liverpool, I felt lost, I didn't know what to expect. I was only 21, I had never left Newcastle, I was told to pack my bags and go to Liverpool, and it didn't start well. The media was very different and I was in the spotlight on a bigger scale […]
Would I have preferred to stay in Newcastle? It's my hometown club. But I don't regret going to Liverpool, I don't regret anything. It made me who I am, it made me stronger. I wouldn’t change anything.”
At the same time there was also the English selection.
“It was like a blur, everything happened so quickly. Strangely, I thought everyone had a chance to play football, everyone had a chance to go to England training camp. It's hard to explain, but I was so relaxed about it all. Obviously, I was delighted, over the moon, to have been called up to the England team. But I didn't realize that only a handful of people were selected to do this kind of thing, and luckily, I was one of them. Obviously, 15 years later, I am aware of it today.”
Translation Girondins4Ever
