West Ham United striker Andy Carroll feels he was never given a chance by Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers.
Carroll also took a dig at Rodgers over his management.
He told Sky Sports on his time at Anfield: "Obviously it wasn't what I wanted. I went there and I wanted to kick on.
"I had problems with injuries and was playing one game out of three and never really got going. If I did get going, my career at Liverpool, I would still be there now. It didn't, now I'm here and I'm happy."
Pressed again on whether, after 18 minutes of football under Rodgers, he deserved more time in which to impress a new manager, Carroll added: "I think so. I was away with England at the time and I felt that I was good and confident about coming back to Liverpool and showing what I'm about.
"I never really got the chance and was told to leave. That's why I 'm here."
Carroll admits he was also left confused by Rodgers' claims that he would be unable to form a little-and-large partnership with this season's top Premier League marksman Luis Suarez - a man signed in the same transfer window: "He did tell me that it could work, and then when I was leaving he was telling me other things.
"I was a bit disillusioned about that as well. But that's another thing. I think it could have worked, and I was getting told it could work from him."
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