Newcastle boss Steve Bruce is hoping Andy Carroll can roll back the years to re-establish himself as one of the most feared frontmen in the Premier League. The 30-year-old striker, who left Tyneside for Liverpool in a £35million switch in January 2011, returned to his first club in a deadline day move on a incentivised contract as he works his way back from ankle surgery, the latest in a catalogue of career-blighting injuries. Bruce said: “He was desperate – a bit like myself, I suppose – to come back, and of course the big question mark of everybody is can we get him back quickly and can he stay fit? “If he stays fit, then a fit Andy Carroll is as good as you’re going to get....
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