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ANDY CARROLL wants to keep playing until he hits 40 – and dreams of partnering his eldest boy up front.
The ex-Newcastle, Liverpool and West Ham striker enjoyed a dream debut for Bordeaux with two goals to earn a draw with Chateaubriant.
And despite years of injury issues during his time in the Premier League, the nine-capped England international says he wants to continue “another five years until I’m 40”.
Carroll, father to sons Lucas, 14, Arlo, eight, and Wolf, five and two daughters, said: “My sons keep saying, ‘Oh, you should go into management’.
But I’ll keep saying well, ‘hopefully, one day, you’re old enough that you can join me and be my strike partner in the same team playing with each other.
“They are really good players. So that’s probably more my dream than retiring and doing something else.”
Carroll continued: “I haven’t really focused on finishing yet, so I can’t even think about what I’m going to do afterwards.
“I’m just fortunate that I’m still playing at my age at the level where I’m enjoying it and getting paid for it.
“I’ve been at the top level where people are on £100,000-a-week, and then you come to France and the lads are on nowhere near that.
“And they’re coming in every day, working hard and with a smile on their face. And we’re going home, having barbecues and stuff like that.
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“It’s just a completely different way of life and it’s just brilliant. It’s just exactly what I wanted and exactly what I needed in my life.”
Carroll first fell in love with France after joining second tier outfit Amiens a year ago.
The giant 6ft 4in Carroll is now looking to follow in the footsteps of Zinedine Zidane by firing Bordeaux to glory.
The six-time Ligue 1 winners are in administration and have just been demoted to the fourth division.
Carroll earns just £750-a-week at the fallen giants, meaning it actually costs him money to live there and play for them, but he is enjoying every second.
He added: “A lot of players, recently retired or nearing the end of their careers, have asked why I’m playing here in France, away from my family. I’m just enjoying it here.
“Everything – from the stadium to the training ground – is set up perfectly for what I need and want.
“The project going forward is to try for back-to-back promotions, to be part of a massive club, and to carve out my place in their history. It’s an opportunity too great to pass up.”
A brief look at Andy Carroll's career so far...
2007 – 2011: Newcastle
2007 – 2008: Preston North End (loan)
2011 – 2013: Liverpool
2012 – 2013: West Ham (loan)
2013 – 2019: West Ham
2019 – 2021: Newcastle
2021 – 2022: Reading
2022: West Brom
2022 – 2023: Reading
2023 – 2024: Amiens SC
2024 – present: Bordeaux
MULBERRY faces a handbagging from Mike Ashley after the tycoon launched an £83million offer and declared the luxury brand’s “status quo is an untenable position”.
Mr Ashley’s Frasers Group, which already owns a 37 per cent stake in Mulberry, launched its 130p-a-share bid after complaining it had been blindsided by Mulberry’s cash call on Friday night.
Mulberry, which is best known for its £1,195 Alexa handbags, wants to tap investors for £10million after slumping sales knocked it to a loss.
Mulberry’s shares had started the day plunging by 12 per cent on the back of its cash call, but Mr Ashley’s takeover approach sent them rebounding 5.5 per cent higher.
Frasers had briefly considered a takeover in November 2020 when Mulberry was worth £124million.
Frasers said: “We believe the status quo to be an untenable position for Frasers and the other minority holders of Mulberry shares . . . we believe Frasers to be the best steward for returning Mulberry to profitability.”
Mr Ashley will now have to go head to head with Mulberry’s biggest investor, Challice, which owns 56 per cent and is controlled by the Singaporean entrepreneur Christina Ong.
Mulberry’s annual report, released on Friday night, revealed it could breach its banking covenants if its sales tumbled by a worst-case scenario of 14 per cent.
It is understood that Mulberry and the Ong family will reject Mr Ashley’s approach as a lowball attempt.
Sources highlighted Ms Ong had been a long term investor and supportive of the cashcall and Mulberry’s recent hiring of new chief exec Andrea Baldo from Ganni.
THE MULBERRY saga has been a painful reminder for Mike Ashley of his car crash at Debenhams.
His £180million stake was wiped out when the store hit the wall after repeatedly turning down his overtures. Even in administration it snubbed him.
Alongside its takeover approach, Frasers Group said yesterday as it made a play for Mulberry: “Frasers will not accept another Debenhams situation where a perfectly viable business is run into administration.”
At Debenhams, Mr Ashley offered the department store a loan lifeline, but only with hefty conditions.
It appears Mulberry is from the same playbook.
He may just want better terms for Mulberry bags in Flannels and House of Fraser shops.
SPORTS car-maker Aston Martin shed almost a quarter of its value yesterday after issuing another profit warning.
The brand, favoured by James Bond, said it would make 1,000 fewer cars this year because of supply chain snags.
The warning came as its losses hit £216.7million, up from £142.2million last year.
In further woes for the car industry, Vauxhall owner Stellantis slashed its profit margin forecasts for next year.
EBAY is scrapping fees for sellers on all items from today so users keep the cash they make from flogging their unwanted goods.
Typically selling an item for £20 would cost £3 in fees and charges per sale on eBay.
The online marketplace is reacting to competition from Facebook Marketplace, Vinted and Depop in a bid to boost revenues.
Research reveals Brits have about 294million unused items lying about their homes, which could generate £9billion.
Half of households have between £50 and £300 of unused items ready to sell, with the most common being clothes, DVDs and tech items.
Kirsty Keoghan, boss of ebay UK, said: “The average household is sitting on money from items they aren’t using.”
eBay has introduced AI tech to help sellers write product descriptions and remove messy backgrounds from product photos.
A PROTEIN powder and vitamins business founded by a former scaffolder is giving the London Stock Exchange a much-needed boost.
Applied Nutrition, set up by Thomas Ryder in 2014, confirmed yesterday plans for a flotation that will value it at £500million.
Ordinary investors will also be able to invest in the listing via a share offer through broker Retailbook.
Last year Applied Nutrition made £86million in revenue.
Mr Ryder said: “We are only scratching the surface of our growth opportunity.”
AUSTRALIA’S REA GROUP has dropped its pursuit of Rightmove after the UK property website rejected a fourth £6.2billion offer.
REA said that it was “disappointed” that Rightmove did not give it extra time ahead of a bid deadline of yesterday, which it said “impeded our ability to make a firm offer”.
Rightmove said REA’s offer was still “unattractive”.
Shares in Rightmove fell by 7.6 per cent to 617.40.
REA Group is majority-owned by News Corp, which also owns The Sun.
HOUSE prices have climbed at the fastest rate in two years.
They were 3.2 per cent higher last month compared with last year, said Nationwide.
Prices rose by 0.7 per cent on the previous month, taking the average property value to £266,094.
TERRY Bradshaw left his cohosts confused with an attempted accent during Week 4’s episode of Fox NFL Sunday.
Terry Bradshaw did his usual rundowns of the day’s action on Sunday, but added an odd twist during his segment for the Carolina Panthers.
Bradshaw started his analysis of the Panthers’ game against the Cincinnati Bengals, but added an odd voice to his coverage.
Instead of speaking normally, Bradshaw used a “Carolina accent” to explain what was going on in the game.
“Well that’s the question everybody’s asking right now,” Bradshaw said with his accent.
“Down in Carolina, Andy Dalton will be facing his former team, the Bengals.
“And I don’t think anyone predicted what he did last week, 300 yards and three touchdown passes.”
Howie Long butted in to ask Bradshaw if he was trying to sound like Colonel Sanders.
Michael Strahan also had some fun, saying Bradshaw sounded like Rosco P. Coltrane from The Dukes of Hazard.
NFL fans weren’t convinced with Bradshaw’s attempt at the accent either, and shared their laughs on social media.
“C’mon Terry, the people of North Carolina have suffered enough this week,” one fan said.
“Don’t ever retire Terry! You’re the reason I watch,” another fan said.
“Terry Bradshaw Sounded like Forrest Gump- I’ve lived in NC for 25 years- I’ve never heard anyone sound like that,” a third fan said.
“The man is from Shreveport Louisiana so if he wants to do a southern accent it’s his right to do so,” a fourth fan said.
“Terry we love you you’re the best keep it going,” a fifth fan said.
The Panthers went on to lose their game on Sunday, perhaps cursed by Bradshaw’s jokes.
They fell to the Bengals 34-22 and their record on the season dropped to 1-3.
The New York Jets and Minnesota Vikings will kick off the NFL's annual run of London fixtures this weekend.
New York and Minnesota will clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday October 6 at 2.30pm local time – 9.30am ET for fans back home in America.
It will be the first of three straight NFL Sundays that begin with an early game live from London.
The following week, Tottenham also plays host to the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Chicago Bears.
And on October 20, the Jags will head across town to Wembley Stadium to take on the New England Patriots.
Quarterback Andy Dalton passed for 220 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, but he got no help from his defense.
The Bengals got their first win of the season in the contest, a much needed win after starting 0-3.
“We knew we had to come and get one,” Burrow said.
“There was really no other option than to figure out how to win this game.
“And we got it done.”
