that is the story that has come out, but i geniunely believe carroll wanted to stay all along, he is a proper geordie lad he absolutely loved the club, he celebrated like the fans when he scored...a part of me thinks its all just a "cover-up" story so ashley can save his ass from the wrath of the fans
the reports at the time were claiming he wanted to stay and ashley just wanted his money and made carroll the scapegoat by saying he handed in a transfer request so ashley wouldnt be hated by the fans again, what do you think?
Hehe I gotta admit I don't normally just accept everyone. All of the people in my friends list on last.fm I either talk to a lot on forums and msn or know in real life. So you're lucky lol :P