Pards - Reds must accept loss

Andy Carroll: Has been linked with a move away from Liverpool this summer

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew believes Liverpool will have to accept a substantial loss and move on if they want to part ways with striker Andy Carroll this summer.

The 23-year-old England international's future has been a topic for debate ever since new Reds boss Brendan Rodgers hinted that he may not be part of his plans.

The manager's admission prompted the Magpies to launch a bid to bring him back to Tyneside, initially on loan, and then permanently for a fraction of the £35million for which they sold him.

Liverpool have since insisted Carroll will not be allowed to go out on loan and are understood to be holding out for around £20million, with West Ham and Fulham also having been linked with the Gateshead-born frontman.

However, Pardew said: "[Reading chairman] John Madejski used to say to me about certain players, 'Just wipe your nose and move on', and I think [Liverpool] are going to have to do that with Andy.

"I think it was obvious as soon as Brendan went into Liverpool that Andy's time was going to have to be somewhere else. I think it's quite right we're involved in that.

Upside

"Whether he comes here, is something that I will take or I will leave.

"It's a lot of money for Mike [Ashley, Newcastle owner], although we'll obviously be getting a big upside in terms of what we sold him for, and we've got three great strikers here already.

"But of course as the manager, I want the best players I can get."

Part of the fee Newcastle received for Carroll was used to replace him with Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse, who scored 29 goals between them last season, while Shola Ameobi also played an important part in the club's fifth-placed Premier League finish.

They have been linked with a series of striking targets this summer including Carroll, Luuk de Jong and Loic Remy, but the position is complicated by a release clause in Ba's contract.