STEVE BRUCE WANTED ANDY CARROL FOR WIGAN.

Steve Bruce wanted Andy Carrol the Newcastle United striker, when he was the manager at Wigan, before his move to Sunderland. The manager at Newcastle united was Joe Kiennar.And the asking price was 4.5 million pounds. But sadly at that time wigan did not have that type of money to spare. Andy Carrol was sold in the last day of the january transfer window, which automatically increased his price to 35 million pounds, which was a record for a English footballer.