Is Andy Carroll Worth £35 Million?

I don't know what to say... A player who isn't first choice for his country and has only played half a season in the Premier League is being sold for £35million... Is Andy Carroll really worth that much?!

I'm not sure even if he believes he's worth the fee Liverpool paid for him. Is he really worth more than David Villa, Edin Dzeko and Carlos Tevez? Yes I understand that he's homegrown and that the lack of English talent dictates the values in the market but even then, its a ridiculous amount of money.

Fernando Llorente probably the closest comparison with Carroll as your going to get with a foreign player won't be sold for that much by his club Athletic Bilbao to another Spanish club. Even though he has over a dozen caps for World Champions Spain with a goal every other game as his strike rate. He isn't going for the vast sum Newcastle have received.

Carroll is a good player don't get me wrong but he's more of a John Carew than a Dzeko, Torres or Drogba. He wins everything in the air but lacks pace and cant be describe as creative. Yes he's scored some good goals against decent opposition but at the moment he cant be described as a guaranteed success, would you advocate spending £35 million on him?