{"id":312397,"date":"2011-03-15T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/sunderland-manager-steve-bruce-i-tried-to-sign-andy-carroll-for-wigan-but-we-couldnt-afford-4-5m-asking-price\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T23:57:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:57:00","slug":"sunderland-manager-steve-bruce-i-tried-to-sign-andy-carroll-for-wigan-but-we-couldnt-afford-4-5m-asking-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/sunderland-manager-steve-bruce-i-tried-to-sign-andy-carroll-for-wigan-but-we-couldnt-afford-4-5m-asking-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland manager Steve Bruce: I tried to sign Andy Carroll for Wigan, but we couldn&#8217;t afford \u00a34.5m asking price"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ryan Benson<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Mar 2011 23:57:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.3996212121\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andy Carroll, Liverpool\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e94cd8bd125693_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Andy Carroll, Liverpool<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"30.163384391\"><\/p>\n<p>        Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan Athletic<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Steve Bruce<\/a> has claimed that he almost signed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/14616\/andrew-carroll\">Andy Carroll<\/a> for the Latics, but admitted they couldn&#8217;t put up the funds to match the \u00a34.5 million asking price.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce, now in charge of Sunderland, claimed he called Newcastle immediately after Carroll scored against his then Wigan side and was quoted the \u00a34.5m fee.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, who recently joined Liverpool from Newcastle for a sum nearly eight times what Wigan were quoted for, is likely to make his full Premier League debut for the Reds on Sunday against Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Bruce made no secret that he would rather the hitman didn&#8217;t play, particularly if on form: &#8220;It will present a challenge both to him and to us. I just hope his niggle lasts a little longer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is a throwback to the good old days when I used to play against the likes of Joe Jordan, the old British No.9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He  is like Duncan Ferguson at his best. The great thing about Andy is he  can jump, he has this great balance which allows him to jump and  compete.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was Wigan manager, he came on against us and  scored with 10 minutes to go. I rang Newcastle on the Monday morning  and they quoted me \u00a34.5m. I seriously thought about it but in the end,  we could only go to \u00a32.5m.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/15\/2396493\/sunderland-manager-steve-bruce-i-tried-to-sign-andy-carroll\" title=\"Sunderland manager Steve Bruce: I tried to sign Andy Carroll for Wigan, but we couldn't afford \u00a34.5m asking price\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland manager Steve Bruce: I tried to sign Andy Carroll for Wigan, but we couldn&#8217;t afford \u00a34.5m asking price<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ryan Benson 15 Mar 2011 23:57:00 Andy Carroll, Liverpool Related Links Teams Players Former Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce has claimed that he almost signed Andy Carroll for the Latics, but admitted they couldn&#8217;t put up the funds to match the \u00a34.5 million asking price. Bruce, now in charge of Sunderland, claimed he called Newcastle immediately after Carroll scored against his then Wigan side and was quoted the \u00a34.5m fee. Carroll, who recently joined Liverpool from Newcastle for a sum nearly eight times what Wigan were quoted for, is likely to make his full Premier League debut for the Reds on Sunday against Sunderland. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunderland manager Steve Bruce: I tried to sign Andy Carroll for Wigan, but we couldn&#039;t afford \u00a34.5m asking price - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/sunderland-manager-steve-bruce-i-tried-to-sign-andy-carroll-for-wigan-but-we-couldnt-afford-4-5m-asking-price\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sunderland manager Steve Bruce: I tried to sign Andy Carroll for Wigan, but we couldn&#039;t afford \u00a34.5m asking price - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ryan Benson 15 Mar 2011 23:57:00 Andy Carroll, Liverpool Related Links Teams Players Former Wigan Athletic manager Steve Bruce has claimed that he almost signed Andy Carroll for the Latics, but admitted they couldn&#039;t put up the funds to match the \u00a34.5 million asking price. 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