West Ham will pay a £1 million loan fee and cover the wages of the 23 year-old striker, but without the guarantee of a permanent move at the end of the campaign.
The switch will end a frustrating 17-month spell at Anfield for the striker, who was signed for £35 million from Newcastle on deadline day in January 2011 and so became the most expensive British footballer of all-time. Carroll made just 26 starts for the club and Rodgers, after replacing sacked Anfield great Kenny Dalglish in July, made it clear the powerful target-man would find it hard to fit in to his passing style.
Rodgers said: 'We're making a strategic decision for him to go out and play games but we need cover players to come in and help the group.
'So we hope over the next 24 hours that can happen and that could only be the case because otherwise we'd be short of numbers. I've had conversations and good communication with Andy through the summer. It's been difficult in this period for Andy. He hasn't played as regularly as he would have wanted and he wanted to play regularly this season and I couldn't guarantee that.
'He and I spoke - he wants to play and unfortunately for us we're not in a position to have a £35 million player not playing regularly. The club made a monumental investment in Andy but there's no use him being on the bench. There was a chance to go out and play and demonstrate his qualities. It allows us to move on and assess it over the season.'
Aug. 31, 2012.
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