{"id":289197,"date":"2023-08-30T08:37:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=289197"},"modified":"2023-08-30T08:37:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T08:37:04","slug":"andy-carroll-is-on-the-brink-of-a-surprise-move-to-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/andy-carroll-is-on-the-brink-of-a-surprise-move-to-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Carroll &apos;is on the brink of a surprise move to France&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reading&#8217;s Andy Carroll is in talks over surprise move to France as former Liverpool and Newcastle striker heads for medical ahead of switch to Ligue 2 side Amiens&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading striker Andy Carroll is closing in on a move to French club Amiens<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer news LIVE: All the latest with two days until deadline day\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reading striker Andy Carroll in talks over a move to French club Amiens SC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carroll has travelled to France ahead of sealing a switch to the Ligue 2 club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carroll re-joined Reading in September last year having previously played for the Royals between November 2021 and January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old has less than a year remaining on his current contract and is now set to play for a foreign club for the first time in his career.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Across his two spells at Reading, Carroll has made 42 appearances, while he has scored eleven goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/08\/74863299-0-image-m-2_1693379499934.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Reading striker Andy Carroll is in talks over a surprise move to Ligue 2 club Amiens<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Another French club, Lyon are exploring a move for Leeds striker Georginio Rutter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rutter signed for Leeds in January from Hoffenheim for a club record fee rising to \u00a336million. He has scored just once in 17 games for Leeds.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll started Reading&#8217;s first two fixtures in League One this season but wasn&#8217;t involved in their next three games.<\/p>\n<p>The former England international made nine appearances for his country between 2010 and 2012, scoring twice.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Reading, Carroll has played for many other clubs during his lengthy career, representing Newcastle (twice), Preston, Liverpool, West Ham (twice) and West Brom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amiens finished in 12th place in Ligue 2 last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/08\/74864001-12460279-image-a-26_1693381381465.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carroll is in his second spell at Reading but the striker could now be set to leave the club<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/08\/74863905-12460279-image-a-19_1693381103643.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lyon are exploring a move for Georginio Rutter, who is Leeds&#8217; club record signing\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12460279\/Readings-Andy-Carroll-brink-surprise-France-former-Liverpool-Newcastle-striker-heads-medical-ahead-switch-Ligue-2-Amiens.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading&#8217;s Andy Carroll is in talks over surprise move to France as former Liverpool and Newcastle striker heads for medical ahead of switch to Ligue 2 side Amiens&#8217; Reading striker Andy Carroll is closing in on a move to French club Amiens&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andy Carroll &amp;apos;is on the brink of a surprise move to France&amp;apos; 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