Ex-england Striker Carroll Joins Dagenham & Redbridge

Former Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham striker Andy Carroll has joined sixth-tier Dagenham & Redbridge connected a free transfer.

Carroll has signed a reported three-year woody pinch nan National League South outfit aft leaving Bordeaux past month.

The 36-year-old departed nan French fourth-tier nine aft conscionable a play because he wanted to beryllium person to his children.

Carroll said successful an interview pinch Sky Sports, external that he had "clubs ringing maine up from higher leagues" but it was important that he moved to a squad which was nan "right fit".

"It doesn't matter nan level, aliases anything, arsenic agelong arsenic I get connected nan transportation and play football, that's each that matters," Carroll said.

"Coming present and showing group I americium conscionable playing for nan emotion of shot alternatively than nan money and nan level is thing I wanted to do.

"This is thing which could beryllium fantastic. We person a task to get them retired of non-league and backmost up nan leagues."

Gateshead-born Carroll scored 54 goals successful 248 Premier League games during spells pinch Newcastle United, Liverpool and West Ham United.

He past went connected to play for Reading and West Bromwich Albion earlier moving to France pinch second-tier broadside Amiens successful 2023.

Carroll won 9 caps for England, scoring 2 goals, betwixt 2010 and 2012.

On nan time they signed Carroll, Dagenham & Redbridge besides announced a woody to waste nan nine to a consortium of backstage investors from Qatar.

The Daggers were bought by Club Underdog, a subsidiary of US-based institution North Six Group, successful May 2024.

"Completion of nan transaction remains taxable to ineligible finalisation and approvals from nan FA and nan National League," Dagenham & Redbridge said successful a statement.