Liverpool’s Lucas Leiva has said that Andy Carroll will be successful in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 despite the player’s poor run of form since his move to Anfield.
Lucas, who plays as a midfielder for Liverpool, thinks that the towering striker who came to the club from Newcastle United, will rediscover his form soon and that it is only a matter of time before he starts scoring for the Reds.
"For Andy Carroll, I don't think that adaptation is a problem anymore. I'm sure that he will begin to score a lot of goals very soon.” Said the Brazilian
Carroll, who moved to Liverpool for a club record fee of 35 million pounds, has had a difficult time in Anfied and has been under constant pressure due to his paltry goal tally for Liverpool. So far, he has just been able to score just 8 goals for the Reds
in his 42 appearances with 6 goals coming in the current season.
In contrast, the player from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 scored 33 goals in 91 matches for the Magpies during his stint at Saint James Park from 2008 to 2011. His move to Liverpool for 35 million pounds saw him become the most expensive British player of all times. He came
to Liverpool after the club sold http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Manchester City,
respectively.
However http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lucas-c22528, who came to Liverpool from Gremio in 2007, believes that Carroll will adapt to the English football soon and mentioned that he himself had a difficult time at first, to get himself acquainted to the English game.
"My start was very hard here in Liverpool,” he said
“But I didn't give up ... I changed something in my style and it worked. “
Lucas is suffering from anterior cruciate ligament damage at present which has kept him out of action since Liverpool’s Carling cup match against Chelsea, at the Stamford Bridge in November.
He advised the troubled striker to maintain his focus and to work hard in order to come out of his present slum.
"The best way he can overcome everything is to not let his head drop but to carry on training harder every day.” He said.
Liverpool, who are getting impatient with the player’s continuous failure to score goals, made a bid to Manchester City in January to swap him for the Argentine http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carlos-c8346 Tevez. But the offer was rejected by City.
According to reports, Newcastle came up with a ten million pound bid for the misfiring striker in the January transfer window. However, the idea was rebuffed by Liverpool.
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