They wanted him to be the new Fernando Torres, paid €41 million and now he plays in the third division

Every team in the world makes bad transfer decisions, and not just because they haven't done a good job of recruiting and scouting, but because there are times when a player promises to become a big star and ends up being a fiasco. Playing for a team as big and important as Liverpool is already a pressure that many players can't cope with, if we add to that the extra pressure of having to replace a star player in the team, the result can be fatal.

In 2011, our Liverpool lost one of the great figures of the team at that time, as Fernando Torres joined Chelsea that summer when he was becoming the best center forward in the world and had just won the World Cup with Spain. The Spanish striker had become a star with the Reds, as it was at Anfield where he reached his best level, which is why he left almost 60 million euros after his departure.

The Liverpool board at the time decided to go in search of his replacement and believed they had found him at Newcastle with a 22-year-old English football jewel. We are talking about Andy Carroll, who at that time was considered the most promising striker in England, which is why Liverpool did not hesitate to pay 41 million euros for him on the last day of the 2011 transfer window.

However, injuries did not allow him to play a leading role in the team and deprived him of developing a better chemistry on the pitch with the great players Liverpool had at the time, and finally, after several loans, he was sold to West Ham for 17.5 million euros.

Where does Andy Carroll currently play?

Once considered the ideal replacement for Fernando Torres at Liverpool, Andy Carroll has gone from club to club in the different categories of English football and has even been without a team on a couple of occasions. He currently plays for Reading in England's third division, with whom he has a contract until 2024.