Andy Carroll to make cut-price move to West Ham

Andy Carroll will undergo a medical at West Ham United on Tuesday as Liverpool prepare to make a 20 million pounds loss on their club-record signing. Carroll, a 35 million pounds buy from Newcastle United in January 2011, was due to fly back from a holiday in the United States last night to complete the formalities of his 15 million pounds transfer to Upton Park, following a season-long loan with Sam Allardyce's team last season.

The 24 year-old, who scored seven goals in 24 Premier League appearances for West Ham during his loan, is understood to have agreed a six-year contract worth 100,000 pounds a week in order to complete a permanent move to the London club. With doubts over Carroll's desire to leave Liverpool to return to West Ham, combined with a persistent heel injury, the transfer appeared to be in the balance last month.

However further talks between the two clubs resulted in Liverpool agreeing to suffer a huge financial loss on the England forward, who remains the most expensive British footballer of all time following his move from St James' Park 21/2 years ago. With Carroll on the brink of completing his transfer, which was agreed between the two clubs last month, Liverpool are now ready to make it clear to Luis Suarez that he will not be allowed to leave Anfield unless he forces the issue by demanding a move in writing.

As reported by The Daily Telegraph on May 31, Liverpool have no intention of acceding to Suarez's demand to leave for Real Madrid unless he forces the issue by submitting a transfer request, thereby forfeiting his right to a substantial loyalty bonus in excess of 1 million pounds.

The Uruguayan forward has repeatedly stated his determination to leave Anfield for Real Madrid in recent weeks. While maintaining their stance of not listening to offers for Suarez, -senior figures at Liverpool are keen to avoid a summer-long saga surrounding their star player, but Real have yet to submit an official offer for the 40 million pounds-rated forward. With Real also pursuing Suarez's international team-mate Edinson Cavani, confirmed interest from the Spanish club could be delayed until the Napoli forward chooses between a move to the Bernabeu or Manchester City.

In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais on Sunday, Suarez admitted that Liverpool's failure to compete in the Premier League was another reason for his attempt to leave the club. "It is a big club on a global level, but we didn't qualify for the Cham-pions League, nor did we fight for the Premier League, which is where the club has to be," Suarez said.

"And the club knows that I have suffered and struggled with what I have had in the press." With Carroll close to completing his move away from Liverpool and Suarez ultimately expected to follow him through the exit door, the club are hoping to rubber-stamp the 7.7 million pounds signing of Celta Viga forward Iago Aspas today.

A 10 million pounds move for Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is understood to be close to completion, while manager Brendan Rodgers is also closing in on Shakhtar Donetsk's Armenian midfielder, Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Meanwhile, Richard Scudamore has offered to meet representatives of a protest group who will stage a demon-stration over ticket prices outside Premier League headquarters tomorrow.

Around 100 disgruntled supporters are expected to march from Regent's Park to Gloucester Place in protest over the spiralling cost of attending matches. The demonstration, timed to coincide with the release of next season's fixtures, has been organised by Liverpool fan group Spirit of Shankly in conjunction with their counterparts from other clubs around the country.

The Premier League has invited representatives from those marching into its headquarters for a meeting with chief executive Scudamore. Spirit of Shankly spokesman James McKenna said: "We felt it was the most appropriate day to highlight how important prices are to supporters at the moment."