Carroll must prove worth against boyhood team

Two Newcastle old boys will be facing their old club as they travel to Anfield today – and who would have thought that it would be the £5m man who would eclipse his £35m counterpart.

The deadline-day transfer of Andy Carroll stunned the football world, making him the most expensive British footballer in history. The signing of left-back José Enrique was an altogether more low-key affair, the Spanish defender completing his widely-anticipated move last August.