Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler believes Andy Carroll should stay.

Fowler can see the Geordie doing a job for the Reds.

"Look, I think Liverpool need as many numbers in the squad as they can," he told the Telegraph. "The squad would probably be better with Andy Carroll in it but I wouldn't say that he would play many games.

"I think when he first came, he tried to play to the price tag. That sounds a little bit silly but he was trying to drop off, beat men, and do everything that you'd expect of a £35 million player.

"He looked a much player when he got to the nitty gritty, when he used his body and he was a handful and - no disrespect but - when he was a big lump."