A storm might be brewing over Andy Carroll's move to Liverpool from Newcastle - or it will be if former agent Peter Harrison has anything to do with it. Harrison was forced to declare bankruptcy in the wake of the deal - which he maintains he was unfairly cut out of after Carroll stated that he did not use an agent - after he missed out on a cut of the £35m deal. He was left without the commission payment after an FA arbitration hearing, despite his claims that rival agent Mark Curtis tapped up Carroll, which he understandably denied. The FA found in favour of Curtis, much to Harrison's dismay and outrage. But Harrison isn't allowing that decision stand without questions after he found that the five year deal that his former client signed in 2010 - revealed publicly on October 8th, and signed, according to him that month - carries the date of July 12th 2010. https://twitter.com/AgentHo1/status/523941335876009985 Quite what that means remains to be seen, but it is odd to note that the dates would be so different. Questions are probably important: https://twitter.com/AgentHo1/status/523940378752610306 The former agent was featured in infamous Panorama programme Footballs Dirty Secrets, which saw him embroiled in a tapping up scandal with Chelsea. Since then, Harrison has openly admitted some of the more shady practices that are still rife in the modern game, and has become a persona non grata as a result. Interestingly, Harrison is also still promising to release his tell-all autobiography which previously promised a whole chapter on Sam Allardyce and uncovering the murkier underbelly of football:
I cant say much about the book deal but I have dealt with the Premier League and its forerunner for 20 years, dealing at the top, and my book will have a bit about how deals are done and what my life has been about, but first of all Im working on the TV programme.