'I had to use Google to find out who Luis Suarez was', says Liverpool player Andy Carroll

Andy Carroll says his "daft" years are behind him as he had to google who his fellow teammate, Luis Suarez was in 2011.


"When I was here [at Newcastle], I'd go home, mess about with my mates, play football, go out, whatever, but I'd never watch football, I never knew any players," he said.

The 30-year-old former England international striker excused his ignorance by saying he meant no disrespect to Liverpool or Suarez but that it was completely oblivious of his not to have known who Suarez was.

"I'd come in on the Friday or wake up on the Saturday morning saying, 
'who are we playing?' It was just completely oblivious to all the 
football that was going on. I would work at the training ground and knew my tactics, but until we had a meeting I didn't know who we were
playing, unless I asked someone.

"When I was in the helicopter down to Liverpool, I was like, 'I know Stevie G [Gerrard], I know [Jamie] Carragher. Who else?' My agent at the 
time had to tell me, and I would get it on Google and find out the team. 
So that's actually a true story.

"It's bad because it's Liverpool players, but it's not disrespectful - I just literally didn't watch football, so I didn't know." He added: "I've got no doubt that I was daft when I was here, and no doubt that I was daft for a couple of years after as well. But I met my missus, and we've got four kids living at home now, we've got animals, we've got responsibilities.

"There's no more behaviour like it was, you know? I was stupid, I was young, and I was carried away with the lifestyle that I had.

"Now it's completely different. I'm actually a dad, I've grown up, and got responsibilities, so... I've got a purpose." he concluded.

Andy Carroll is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Newcastle United