Liverpool desperate to offload £35m Carroll

West Ham will make a final bid to land Andy Carroll before the transfer window shuts on Friday with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers desperate to offload his £35 million asset.

Carroll was left out of Thursday night's Europa League qualifier against Hearts by Rodgers sending yet another message to the England striker that his career at Liverpool is over.

West Ham would initially take Carroll, 23, on a season-long loan, paying his £80,000 per week wages in full, and then - provided they remain in the Barclays Premier League - would be obliged to sign him permanently for £17 milllion, according to the Daily Mail.

Rodgers would like to add Theo Walcott to his squad, even though it emerged the Arsenal forward will see out the final year of his contract at the Emirates after holding amicable talks with Arsene Wenger.

But should Liverpool offload Carroll, they would be in a position to test Arsenal's resolve on Walcott, who earlier this summer turned down a new five-year deal worth £75,000 per week.

Carroll has consistently made it clear he does not want to leave Anfield.

Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has been desperate to land Carroll ever since it became clear his prospects under Rodgers would be limited.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has also refused to rule his club out of the reckoning, saying: "Would I want him in my squad? Of course I would. Probably every Premier League manager in the country would want him in their squad."

When asked whether Liverpool could afford to buy without selling, Rodgers replied: "No. Not at this stage, obviously I have seen a lot of the links and it is great that those players would want to come here but the reality is that we are not in a position to do those sorts of deals.

"I don't think we are in a position to have £35 million players as third choice strikers or wingers who are on £5-6 million a year. This is the challenge I have."