AndyCarrollSo much for the January sales, eh. God be with the day you could buy a Blue Period Picasso portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto (The Absinthe Drinker) for €35million.

Now it costs that much of her Majesty’s mint to acquire a footballer currently injured after taking a drunken tumble from a casino barstool at 5am. (In case you’re wondering it wasn’t Absinthe but Yagerbombs.)

With physical presence, an eye for goal – every three games – and a fair degree of attitude, Andy Carroll has the makings of a top striker. Kenny Dalglish must fancy his chances of smoothing the edges off a potential diamond in the rough.

With physical presence, an eye for goal – every three games – and a fair degree of attitude, Andy Carroll has the makings of a top striker. Kenny Dalglish must fancy his chances of smoothing the edges off a potential diamond in the rough.