Bent questions 'crazy' Carroll fee
Posted Friday, February 25, 2011 by ESPN
Andy Carroll cost Liverpool £30 million
Darren Bent has waded into the Andy Carroll transfer, with Aston Villa's £24 million man insisting Liverpool's £35m outlay was "crazy".
Bent joined Villa in January when the Midlands club waved a huge cheque under the noses of Sunderland. But his deal was eclipsed by Liverpool's signing of Carroll and the subsequent sale of Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50m.
Despite Torres firing blanks early in his Chelsea career, Bent can see the wisdom in splashing the cash for "the best striker in the country". But the purchase of Carroll has left him scratching his head.
"Deadline day was mad," Bent is quoted as saying in The Sun. "More so because of Andy Carroll's move to Liverpool.
"He has played half a season in the Premier League for Newcastle and has gone for £35m, so it is a bit crazy.
"Someone like Fernando Torres is, in my opinion, the best striker in the country and if he goes for £50m you think fair enough."
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