After the Saudi consortium acquired Newcastle United, the Magpies became the richest club in the Premier League, and after the winter window opened, they first brought in England international and Atletico Full-back Trippier, and then forcibly recruited the main center of premier League relegation rival Burnley, Chris Wood, who was only 6 million euros in germany, by paying a severance payment (about 28 million euros). Burnley lost New Zealand international Chris Wood and while they were furious, they were helpless because Newcastle was digging hard and Burnley received €28 million in cash and they urgently needed to bring in a centre forward in the winter window to replace Chris Wood.
The latest news from the Daily Mail is that Burnley has lost Chris Wood and they plan to strengthen the team's forward line in the winter window with former Liverpool centre-forward and Newcastle veteran Andy Carroll.
Andy Carroll, 33, currently plays for Reading in the Championship and has played in seven games in all competitions so far this season, including five starts, one goal and one assist. Andy Carroll's contract with Reading until the 15th of this month, Burnley coach Deitch plans to waive Andy Carroll in the winter window and replace Chris Wood with the England centre-forward.
At present, Andy Carroll is out of injury, his strength is even above Chris Wood, Burnley although the loss of the striker is very angry, but they also got 28 million euros of cash can be used for the winter window reinforcements, and it is expected that Andy Carroll will replace Chris Wood without a visa, and the overall strength of the team is expected to increase.