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title: "West Ham fans react as Carroll begins Newcastle talks"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2019/08/08/west-ham-fans-react-as-carroll-begins-newcastle-talks/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Alex Turk"
section: "Feature Writers"
published: "2019-08-08T11:35:58Z"
modified: "2019-08-08T11:35:58Z"
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# West Ham fans react as Carroll begins Newcastle talks

Former West Ham United striker Andy Carroll has begun talks with Newcastle United over a potential return to his boyhood club, and supporters have reacted hilariously online.

According to [Jim White](https://twitter.com/JimWhite/status/1159416770480017409?s=20), Carroll is a target for Newcastle manager Steve Bruce and has held negotiations about a move to St. James’ Park following his Hammers release this summer.

Carroll scored 34 goals during his seven-year tenure at West Ham but could be lining up against Manuel Pellegrini’s side this season if the talks don’t come to an impasse.

### Read West Ham’s verdict

The latter stages of the 30-year-old’s stay in East London was marred by injuries and Hammers fans have unsurprisingly been firing banter around about his chances of completing a medical for his new club.

> Twitter: RT @ExWHUemployee: Andy Carroll having a medical at Newcastle today apparently….. this should be interesting https://t.co/JXXTEogPL6 (@ExWHUemployee)

> Twitter: @ExWHUemployee https://t.co/178KM2nusg (@WestHamCF)

> Twitter: @ExWHUemployee He will be the first player ever to get injured during his medical ![?](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg) (@JASONDCHARLTON)

> Twitter: @ExWHUemployee I thought he was being signed by Holby City. (@PaulTraynier)

> Twitter: @ExWHUemployee Isn’t he still injured? Have they hired our old medical team to do the medical only way he passes it. (@mikoaks)

All jokes aside, it’d be great to see Carroll get back to his best in the top-flight because on his day, he can be way too hot to handle for most defences.