The 23-year-old England international has struggled to establish himself since joining the Reds in January 2011.
Rodgers said: 'It's something I would have to look at, I have to be honest.
'Andy's always going to be linked with clubs, whether he was here or not. He knows exactly where he stands, but I have had no inquiries about him.
'There are many things to going on loan. Is it going to be beneficial for the club, that's the most important thing?
'Sometimes a player going out on loan - in general, not just Andy - can benefit the club in the long term.
'It gets them game experience and they come back a better player, a more confident one. Certainly more so than if they've been sitting on the bench for the majority of the season.
'I'm not going to sit here and say I will never let anyone go on loan, then come in here in two weeks and a player's gone, and you're saying 'you said you wouldn't let them go'.
'He's [Carroll] no different to any player we have here. They might have all the attributes but not the mentality to play.
'It's a wee bit unfair for Andy to get labelled any other way. He's a good kid, a good lad, so we will just see how the formation of the group shapes up over the next four or five weeks.
'My task is to build a group that can challenge. Hopefully when the bus leaves at the end of pre-season, it will have the people on it who I want.'
Andy Carroll career statistic
Preston
Liverpool
England
(2010-present): 7 appearances, 2 goals (2011-present): 56 appearances, 11 goals (loan Aug 2007-08): 12 appearances, 1 goal (2006-11): 91 games, 33 goals
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